answersLogoWhite

0

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.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is a line that cuts a circle in half called?

A line that cuts a circle in half is called a diameter. It passes through the center of the circle and divides it into two equal parts.


What is a line passing through the center of a circle with both end points on the circle called?

This is a line segment called a diameter of the circle.


What is the line through the center of a circle called?

That line is called diameter. It divides a circle into two semi circles.


Line from the middle of a circle?

its called thee diameter


What is called a horizontal line drawn from a circle?

Diameter


What is a straight line called that joins the cicumference of a circle?

Diameter Diameter radius


Is a line across a cirCle called a diameter?

yes half of that line is called the radius (used to calculate the area of a circle)


What is called a line passing through the center of a circle with both endpoints on the circle?

This is the diameter of the circle.


Name line that biscets a circle?

A line that bisects a circle is called a diameter. It passes through the center of the circle and divides it into two equal halves. The diameter is also the longest chord of the circle.


What do you call line that bisects the circle?

A line that bisects a circle is called a diameter. It passes through the center of the circle and divides it into two equal halves. The length of the diameter is twice the radius of the circle.


What is a line that divides a circle into two equal halves?

That line is called a "Diameter".


What is a line segment that passes through the center of the circle and has its endpoints on the circle?

This is called "diameter"