Orphans¶

The following nodes were identified as orphans (not referenced by the main sequence).

I.def.1¶

A point is that which has no part.

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A line is breadthless length.

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The extremities of a line are points.

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A straight line is a line which lies evenly with the points on itself.

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A surface is that which has length and breadth only.

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The extremities of a surface are lines.

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A plane surface is a surface which lies evenly with the straight lines on itself.

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A plane angle is the inclination to one another of two lines in a plane which meet one another and do not lie in a straight line.

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And when the lines containing the angle are straight, the angle is called rectilineal.

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An obtuse angle is an angle greater than a right angle.

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An acute angle is an angle less than a right angle.

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A boundary is that which is an extremity of anything.

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A figure is that which is contained by any boundary or boundaries.

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And the point is called the centre of the circle.

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A diameter of the circle is any straight line drawn through the centre and terminated in both directions by the circumference of the circle, and such a straight line also bisects the circle.

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A semicircle is the figure contained by the diameter and the circumference cut off by it. And the centre of the semicircle is the same as that of the circle.

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Rectilineal figures are those which are contained by straight lines, trilateral figures being those contained by three, quadrilateral those contained by four, and multilateral those contained by more than four straight lines.

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Of trilateral figures, an equilateral triangle is that which has its three sides equal, an isosceles triangle that which has two of its sides alone equal, and a scalene triangle that which has its three sides unequal.

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Further, of trilateral figures, a right-angled triangle is that which has a right angle, an obtuse-angled triangle that which has an obtuse angle, and an acuteangled triangle that which has its three angles acute.

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Of quadrilateral figures, a square is that which is both equilateral and right-angled; an oblong that which is right-angled but not equilateral; a rhombus that which is equilateral but not right-angled; and a rhomboid that which has its opposite sides and angles equal to one another but is neither equilateral nor right-angled. And let quadrilaterals other than these be called trapezia.