a secant of a circle
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It is a chord and the largest chord in a circle is its diameter
A chord.
a Chord
Regardless of where you mark two points on a circle, there's only one possible line segment between them. It's called a "chord" of the circle.
I believe that is called a chord. Yes, a chord is the straight line segment that crosses a circle, from one side of the circle to the other. The biggest possible chord is the diameter. The curved part of the circle, cut off by the chord [or chords], is the arc or the angle.