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  2. Subtended angle - Wikipedia

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    More generally, an angle subtended by an arc of a curve is the angle subtended by the corresponding chord of the arc. For example, a circular arc subtends the central angle formed by the two radii through the arc endpoints. If an angle is subtended by a straight or curved segment, the segment is said to subtend the angle.

  3. Jyā, koti-jyā and utkrama-jyā - Wikipedia

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    Literal meaning of jyā Technical meaning of jyā and kojyā. An arc of a circle is like a bow and so is called a dhanu or chāpa which in Sanskrit means "a bow". The straight line joining the two extremities of an arc of a circle is like the string of a bow and this line is a chord of the circle.

  4. Chord (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Equal chords are subtended by equal angles from the center of the circle. A chord that passes through the center of a circle is called a diameter and is the longest chord of that specific circle. If the line extensions (secant lines) of chords AB and CD intersect at a point P, then their lengths satisfy AP·PB = CP·PD (power of a point theorem).

  5. Inscribed angle - Wikipedia

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    It can also be defined as the angle subtended at a point on the circle by two given points on the circle. Equivalently, an inscribed angle is defined by two chords of the circle sharing an endpoint. The inscribed angle theorem relates the measure of an inscribed angle to that of the central angle intercepting the same arc .

  6. Central angle - Wikipedia

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    Angle AOB is a central angle. A central angle is an angle whose apex (vertex) is the center O of a circle and whose legs (sides) are radii intersecting the circle in two distinct points A and B. Central angles are subtended by an arc between those two points, and the arc length is the central angle of a circle of radius one (measured in radians). [1]

  7. Regiomontanus' angle maximization problem - Wikipedia

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    All positions on the eye-level line except the point of tangency are outside of the circle, and therefore the angle subtended by the painting from those points is smaller. The point of tangency can be constructed by the following steps: [4] [5] Reflect the bottom point of the painting across the line at eye-level.

  8. Ptolemy's table of chords - Wikipedia

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    Thus, for the arc of ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ °, the chord length is slightly more than the arc angle in degrees. As the arc increases, the ratio of the chord to the arc decreases. When the arc reaches 60°, the chord length is exactly equal to the number of degrees in the arc, i.e. chord 60° = 60. For arcs of more than 60°, the chord is less than the ...

  9. Suspended chord - Wikipedia

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    A suspended chord (or sus chord) is a musical chord in which the (major or minor) third is omitted and replaced with a perfect fourth or a major second. [1] The lack of a minor or a major third in the chord creates an open sound , while the dissonance between the fourth and fifth or second and root creates tension.