It could be a tangent or a chord.
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A circle has one curved line and it is its circumference
A chord is a straight line that spans the circumference of a circle and the diameter of a circle is a straight line in a circle spanning its circumference and passing through the circle's centre.
The circumference of a circle is a line. Because it is a line it has no area, only length. So the area of the circumference cannot exist!
The name of a straight line joining two points on the circumference of a circle is a chord.If the line passes through the the centre of the circle it is called a diameter
The diameter of a circle is the length of a line passing through the center of a circle that connects two points on the circumference. The circumference is the distance around the edge of a circle.