Posts tagged 'angle-in-segment'

G.138 angle in a circle segment

An:term:**angle in a segment** <angle-in-segment> is the:term:angle <G.22> which, when a:term:point <G.1> is taken on the arc of the segment and:term:segments <G.4> are joined from it to the:term:extremities <G.6> of the segment which is the:term:**base of the segment** <base-of-segment>, is contained by the segments so joined.

G.139 Thales’ theorem and angles in circle segments

In a circle, the angle in a semicircle is right, the angle in a greater segment is acute, and the angle in a lesser segment is obtuse.

G.140 alternate segment theorem

If a line touches a circle and a chord is drawn from the point of contact, the angles which the chord makes with the tangent equal the angles in the alternate segments of the circle.

G.141 construct a circle segment on a chord admitting a given angle

On a given segment, construct a segment of a circle admitting an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.

G.142 cut off a circle segment admitting a given angle

From a given circle, cut off a segment admitting an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle.

G.223 mean proportional

To two given segments to find a mean proportional.

G.528 construct a solid angle out of three plane

Construct a solid angle out of three plane angles two of which, taken together in any manner, are greater than the remaining one: thus the three angles must be less than four right angles.