[DOC] [TLE] CIRCLE DEFINITIONS AND THEOREMS DEFINITIONS Circle- The ... [PAR] Chord - A line segment that goes from one point to another on the circle's 
circumference. Tangent  a line that intersects a circle at only one point. The 
radius at... [DOC] [TLE] Tangent to a circle definition - Math Open Reference [PAR] ... tangere "to touch,". A line that contacts an arc or circle at only one point. ... The 
blue line in the figure above is called the "tangent to the circle c". Another way of 
saying it ... The line barely touches the circle at a single point. If the line were ... 
common to both. A tangent to the inner circle would be a secant of the outer circle
. [DOC] [TLE] Circle - Math word definition - Math Open Reference [PAR] A line forming a closed loop, every point on which is a fixed distance from a 
center point. Try this Drag ... Imagine a straight line segment that is bent around 
until its ends join. Then arrange ... Tangent, A line passing a circle and touching it 
at just one point. See Tangent ... This number is called Pi and is approximately 
3.142. [DOC] [TLE] Tangent lines to circles - Wikipedia [PAR] In Euclidean plane geometry, a tangent line to a circle is a line that touches the 
circle at exactly one point, ... However, two tangent lines can be drawn to a circle 
from a point P outside of ... But only a tangent line is perpendicular to the radial 
line. ... A tangential quadrilateral ABCD is a closed figure of four straight sides 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Tangents of Circles (solutions, examples, videos) [PAR] Tangents of Circles - Point of Tangency, Tangent to a Circle Theorem, Secant, ... 
straight line, in the plane of the circle, which touches the circle at only one point. 
... A straight line that cuts the circle at two distinct points is called a secant. ... two 
segments are drawn tangent to a circle from the same point outside the circle, the
... [DOC] [TLE] Circles [PAR] A line that is drawn from a point on one side of the circle to a point on the ... from 
the center of the circle to a outside point of the circle is called a radius (plural radii
). ... A chord is a line segment that touches two points on the outside of the circle... [DOC] [TLE] Circle geometry - Everything Maths and Science [PAR] Tangent  a straight line that makes contact with a circle at only one point on the 
.... Example 1: Perpendicular line from circle centre bisects chord ..... If a 
quadrilateral is cyclic, then the exterior angle is equal to the interior opposite 
angle. .... A tangent is a line that touches the circumference of a circle at only one 
place. [DOC] [TLE] Circle Facts for Kids - Area, Radius, Diameter, Circumference, Arc ... [PAR] A straight line from the center of a circle to the edge is called the radius. ... The 
distance around the outside of a circle is called the circumference. ... a straight 
line joining two points on a circle, the diameter is an example of a chord (the 
longest possible one). ... A tangent is a straight line that touches a single point of 
a circle. [DOC] [TLE] Euclid's Elements, Book III - Clark University [PAR] A straight line is said to touch a circle which, meeting the circle and being ... and 
only two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, one on each side of 
the ... If a point is taken outside a circle and from the point straight lines are drawn
... [DOC] [TLE] Constructing the common tangents to two given circles. [PAR] The point is called the point of tangency. In the figure below, point P is the point of 
tangency. A common tangent is a line that is tangent to each of two coplanar 
circles. ... goal we will start with two circles of different radii, each one outside the 
other. ... As we have seen above in fig.1 the line can touch each of the circles,

Question: A straight line that touches the outside of a circle at only one point is called this
Answer: tangent