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The chord that passes through the center of a circle is called the diameter. The measure of this chord is also called the diameter, and is used in calculations such as finding the circumference of a circle (Circumference equals pi times the diameter).
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What is a chord that passes through the cent of a circle?
A chord is any line segment that connect two points of a circle. If a chord passes through the center of the circle it is called the DIAMETER of the circle. The diameter of any circle is the longest chord of that circle as well.
Is every chord of a circle also a diameter?
No. The chord is a diameter only if it passes through the center of the circle. In that case,it's also the longest that any chord can possibly be in that circle.
Can a chord of a circle also be the diameter of the circle?
Sure. Any chord that passes through the center of the circle is also a diameter. Chords can have many different lengths, but a diameter is the longest chord.
What is a secant of a circle?
a secant is a line containing a chord. A secant is a line that intersects the circle twice(or passes through a circle)
What is another name for a chord that passes through the center of a circle?
That's known as the diameter.The diameter
What is the name for a chord that passes through the center of a circle?
The chord that passes through the centre is the biggest chord in a circle and it is the diameter.
What is a chord that passes through the centre of the circle called?
It is the circle's diameter
Can a chord be in the middle of a circle?
Not sure what you mean by "in the middle of a circle". A chord must have each of its ends on the circumference of the circle. If a chord is such that is passes through the centre point of the circle, it is (the longest chord possible and is) called a diameter. Or to put it another way, a diameter of a circle is a chord which passes through the centre point of the circle.
All chords of a circle pass through the center of a circle?
Not true because only the largest chord passes through the center of a circle which is its diameter
A line that goes from one side to the other side of the circle but not the centre?
a chord. The chord that passes through the center of the circle has a special name: the diameter.
What are line segments with end points on a circle?
These are chords of a circle. If the chord passes through the centre of the circle it is the longest possible chord, divides the circle into two semicircles and is called a diameter.
What is the diameter of a circle?
A chord of a circle is a straight line that joins any two points on the circumference of a circle. The diameter of a circle is the length of the chord that passes through the centre of the circle; it is the chord of longest length and is twice the radius of the circle in length.
What is a chord that passes through the cent of a circle?
A chord is any line segment that connect two points of a circle. If a chord passes through the center of the circle it is called the DIAMETER of the circle. The diameter of any circle is the longest chord of that circle as well.
Must a diameter also be a chord?
YES A chord is that part of a straight line (within a circle) that intersects the perimeter of the circle at two different points. A diameter is just a special case where the chord passes through the centre of the circle.
What is a chord of a circle which passes through the center of the circle?
diameter
A line that intersects a circle in two places?
A straight line that intersects a circle in two places is a chord.If the chord passes through the centre of the circle that it becomes a diameter.
Is a diameter always a chord in a circle?
Yes, a diameter is a chord that passes through the center of a circle.
