Geometry - Circle Defintions

Radius

a segment with one end point of the center and one end point on the circle

Diameter

a straight line that passes through the center and whose endpoints lie on the circle

Chord

a segment whose endpoints are on the circle

secant

a line/ray that intersects a circle at 2 points

Tangent

a line/ray/segment that intersects the circle at exactly one point

Arc

a part of a circle

minor arc

less that 180 degrees of a circle

major arc

more than 180 degrees of a circle

semicircle

180 degrees of a circle

concentric

circles/arc/other shapes that share the same center

central angle

an angle with its vertex at the center of the circle

inscribed angle

an angle whose vertex is on the circle

inscribed polygon

a polygon placed inside a circle so that all the vertices lie on the circle

circumscribed polygon

a polygon whose vertices are outside the circle and the sides are tangent to the circle