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Definition: 1.16: Center of the Circle

And the point is¹ called the center of the circle.

Modern Definition

Euclid's definition corresponds to today's formulation.

Example

A circle with the center \(C\).

Table of Contents

1. Definition: Concentric Circles

Mentioned in:

Corollaries: 1
Definitions: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Proofs: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Propositions: 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

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References

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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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