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DEFINITION AND TERMS

Circle in daily life

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Circle in music
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Circle in sports
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Circle
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Diameter DE
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Circumference
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Centre
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Radius
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Diameter
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Chord
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Arc
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Semicircle
Segments of a circle
Crossword

A circle

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Many musical instruments have a circular surface.

For example:

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Bingo Drum

Tabla

Snare Drum

Bass Drum

A circle

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Five rings in the logo of Olympic games

A circle is a closed curve in a plane.

A circle can be drawn with the help of a circular object.

For example: A circle drawn with the help of a coin.
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A circle is a closed curve

consisting of all points
in a plane which are at the
same distance (equidistant)
from a fixed point inside it.
This fixed point (equidistant)
inside a circle is called
centre.
A circle has one and only
one centre.
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Centre

A circle

The distance around a circle is called its circumference.

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A circle divides a plane into three parts.

3. Exterior of a circle
Centre

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2. Interior of a circle
A plane

1. The circle

The interior of a circle together with its circumference

is called the circular region.
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Ra

O Centre

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A point on the circle
A line segment that joins any point on the circle to its centre
is called a radius.
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Centre

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Radii ( plural of radius) of a circle are equal in length.

Infinite number of radius can be drawn in a circle.
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O Centre
Diameter AB

A circle

B
A line segment that joins any two points on the circle and
passes through its centre is called a diameter.
(Contd)

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A circle

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Centre
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Infinite number of diameters can be drawn in a circle.
As the radii of a circle are equal in length, its diameters too

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Diameter MN
Radius OM

Radius ON

Centre

Radius OM = Radius ON
Diameter MN = Radius OM + Radius ON
The length of the diameter of a circle is twice the length of its
radius.
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B is another point
on the circle

A is a point on the
circle

A line seC
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point A and B

A line segment that joins any two points on the circle is

called a chord.

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Diameter is also a chord of the circle.

(Contd)

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Chord MN

Diameter CD

Chord KL

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The diameter is the longest chord.

(Contd)

Chord MN

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O Centre
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Chord KL

Infinite number of chords can be drawn in a circle.

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O
Centre

An arc is the distance between any two points on the

circumference of a circle.
(Contd)

Naming an arc
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K

Arc KXL

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Centre

An arc is named by three points, of which two are the end

points of the arc and the third one lies in between them.
(Contd)

Minor Arc KXL

K

X
L

O
Centre
Major Arc KYL
Y
An arc divides the circle into two parts: the smaller arc is
called the minor arc, the larger one is called the major arc.
(Contd)

An arc

An arc

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Semicircle
Arc DSE DSE

Diameter
D

Centre

Semicircle
DRE
Arc DRE

Half of a circle is called a semicircle.

A semicircle is also an arc of the circle.

(Contd)

Semicircle DSE

Semicircular region
D

O Diameter
Centre

Semicircular region
Semicircle DRE
The diameter of a circle divides it into
2 semicircular regions.
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D

Minor segment of a
circle

Chord DE

Centre

Major segment of a
circle

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A chord divides the circular region into 2 parts, each of
which is called a segment of the circle.
(Contd)

Minor arc DPE

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Chord DE

Centre

Minor segment of
the circle

Major segment of the

circle
Major arc DQE

The part of the circular region enclosed by a minor

major arc and
the chord is called a not
minor
segment.
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centre
the circle.
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Centre

Radius

Diameter

Chord

Arc

Semi
Circle

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Radius

Diameter

Chord

Arc

Semi
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Diameter DE
D

Centre

Radius

Diameter

Chord

Arc

Semi
Circle

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Centre

Radius

Diameter

Chord

Arc

Semi
Circle

Centre

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P
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Radius

Diameter

Chord

Arc

Semi
Circle

Semicircle DSE

Semicircle

Diameter

Centre
Semicircle

Radius

Diameter

Chord

Arc

Semi
circle

THEOREMS OF
CIRCLE

Circle Theorem 1
The angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference.