Circles Vocabulary and Rules

Segment LN

• Tangent

• Secant

• Chord

• Diameter

Arc RUY

• Semi-circle

• Major Arc

• Minor Arc

• Inscribed Angle

P

• Center

• Point of Tangency

• Tangent

• Circle

The distance from the center to the edge of the circle.

• Diameter

• Center

• Radius

• Tangent

A given point directly in the middle of a circle.

• Radius

• Diameter

• Center

• Point

A line that touches (intersects) the circle only once from the outside.

• Secant

• Chord

• Tangent

• Line

The place where the tangent line touches the circle is called the

• Point of Tangerine

• Point of Transparency

• Point of Tangency

• Point of Tangential

Select all that apply. BT is a

• Chord

• Diameter

• Line

• Radius

BP is a

• Radius

• Diameter

• Chord

• Point of Tangency

Line PQ and Line RQ are examples of

• Secant Lines

• Tangent Lines

• Outside Lines

• Tangerine Lines