Circle Vocab Intro

An arc of a circle whose endpoints are the endpoints of a diameter.

• semicircle

• major arc

• minor arc

• circle

An angle whose vertex is on the circle and whose sides are chords of the circle.

• adjacent arcs

• diameter

• Inscribed angle

• arc

A line that intersects a circle in exactly two points.

• diameter

• central angle

• arc

• secant line

An arc that is smaller than a semicircle.

• radii

• minor arc

• tangent line

• central angle

A line that intersects a circle in exactly one point.

• tangent line

• arc

• radius

• diameter

A line segment that has one endpoint on a circle and the other endpoint at the center of the circle.

• circle

• central angle

• radius

• arc

The term when you have more than one radius.

• radii

• circle

• chord

• semicircle

An arc that is larger than the semicircle.

• semicircle

• circle

• major arc

• adjacent arcs.

Define circle

• the set of points equidistant from a fixed point

• a ring

• a round thing

• points that are connected around a certain point

What does bisect mean?

• to cut into 2 congruent pieces

• to cut

• saying farewell to an insect

• two sections