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What is a straight line through the center of a circle from one end to the other?
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It is called the diameter. The line that goes halfway through the circle is the radius.
The length of a straight line through the center of a circle is called the diameter. Any other object I'm not sure has a name; perhaps the length...width...or height
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What is the distance across a circle through the center called?
it is called a diameter.The diameter !I think this answers your question:A segment whose end points both rest on the same circle and which passes through the center of the same circle is called the circle's diameter.a line from the edge of a circle through the center to the other side is the diameterRadiusDiameter
Is the distance around a circle called the radius?
No, the distance around a circle is called the circumference. The radius is the distance from the exact center of the circle to the edge of the circle and is one half of the diameter. The diameter is one straight line passing through the center of the circle from one end to the other. The circumference can be determined from the following equation: C = pi * d or C = 2*pi*r
What is the length of the diameter of a circle if the radius is 3.2 cm?
6.4cm since the radius of a circle is it's center point to any place on the side. A diameter is the straight line that comes from one point on the side passes through the center point and touches the other side Bottom Line: The diameter is double the radius.
How is diameter measured?
Let us assume you have a circle drawn with the center identified. Then draw one straight line through the center. Measure the length of the line bound by the intercepts of the straight line with the circumference of the circle. The line segment is the diameter. Another case would be that you have a circle drawn with no center marked. Draw one straight line through the circle. Use a compass to draw the perpendicular bisector of the line segment bound by the intercepts of the straight line with the circumference of the circle toward the inner circle (the center of a circle cannot lie outside the circle!). Repeat drawing another (different) straight line through the circle and finish with a perpendicular bisector. The two bisectors will intercept at the center of the circle. Then you can proceed the same way as described in the first paragraph above. Hint to draw a perpendicular bisector of a line segment: take one end of the compass, pivot the point at one end of the line segment and mark an arc with the other end on both sides of the line. Move the compass and pivot one point at the other end of the line segment. Mark an arc with the other end on both sides of the line. If the procedure is done correctly, the two arcs, one from each end, should intercept on one side of the line. There is another intercept of the two arcs on the side of the line. Connect the two arc-intercepts with a straight line. Convince yourself that the line bisects the straight line at a right angle. This last line is the perpendicular bisector of the original line (The first and last lines form the perpendicular bisector of one another). ===================
What is The distance across the center of a circle called?
The distance from one side of a circle to the other going through the center is called the Diameter, the distance from any side to the center (half the diameter) is called the radius.
Straight line from the center of a circle to the outside diameter is called?
A line segment with the center of a circle as one endpoint and the other endpoint on the circumference of the circle is a rdius of that circle.
What is the radius and diameter of a circle?
The radius of a circle is a line segment joining any point of the boundary of the circle to its centre. A diameter is a line segment from a point of the boundary of the circle which passes through the centre and ends at the boundary on the opposite side.
What are diameters in a circle?
The diameter of a circle is the distance from one side of the circle to the other side by a straight line going through the center point of the circle. The longest distance between any two points on a circle. One-half of the diameter is the radius. That is the distance from the center of the circle to any point on the circle by a straight line. The square of the radius (the radius times the radius) times the value of pi is equal to the distance around the circle called the circumference.
What is a straight line through a circle not going through the middle?
a chord. i took geometry this year. here are some other things that way help. Circle- a set of points that are equidistant from the center of the circle Diameter- a line segment that passes through the center point and has its endpoints on the circle. Radius- a line segment that connects from the center point to the circle Chord- a line segment that has its endpoints on the circle. Arc- a section of the circle's outer points. Semicircle- half of a circle. Central Angle- an angle that has its' vertex as the center point of the circle. Inscribed Polygon- a polygon that has all its' vertexes on the circles outer points. kk :-)
What is the distance across a circle through the center called?
it is called a diameter.The diameter !I think this answers your question:A segment whose end points both rest on the same circle and which passes through the center of the same circle is called the circle's diameter.a line from the edge of a circle through the center to the other side is the diameterRadiusDiameter
What is the name of a line drawn from one side of a circle to the other through the center?
This is called the diameter of the line that passes through the center of the circle. Half of that line is called the radius.
What is a diamiter?
the main definition of diameter is the measurement of straight down the middle of a circle or some other shapes but mainly circles
What is the difference from circumference and diameter?
In the case of a circle: Diameter: The distance through the circle - from one end to the other, passing through the center. Circumference: The distance around the circle.
Is the distance around a circle called the radius?
No, the distance around a circle is called the circumference. The radius is the distance from the exact center of the circle to the edge of the circle and is one half of the diameter. The diameter is one straight line passing through the center of the circle from one end to the other. The circumference can be determined from the following equation: C = pi * d or C = 2*pi*r
What is diameter of a circle?
The diameter of a circle is a straight line going from one point on its boundary, through the centre of the circle, to the boundary on the other side.
The diameter of a circle is always twice the length of the radius?
True !! it is also a straight line from one side of the circle, through the middle point to the other side of the circle. Any other straight line inside a circle, that does NOT touch the centre is a chord.
Does a tangent circle pass through the center of the circle?
If the tangent circles are outside of one another, then neither passes through the center of the other. If one circle is within the other, then the inner tangent circle might contain the center point of the larger circle. There will be infinitely many inner tangent circles that do not.
