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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. 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).

  4. Inscribed angle - Wikipedia

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    Case: One chord is a diameter. Let O be the center of a circle, as in the diagram at right. Choose two points on the circle, and call them V and A. Draw line OV and extended past O so that it intersects the circle at point B which is diametrically opposite the point V. Draw an angle whose vertex is point V and whose sides pass through points A ...

  5. 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.

  6. Intersecting chords theorem - Wikipedia

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    The value of the two products in the chord theorem depends only on the distance of the intersection point S from the circle's center and is called the absolute value of the power of S; more precisely, it can be stated that: | | | | = | | | | = where r is the radius of the circle, and d is the distance between the center of the circle and the ...

  7. Ptolemy's table of chords - Wikipedia

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    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 arc, until an arc of 180° is reached, when the chord is only 120. The fractional parts of chord lengths were expressed in sexagesimal (base 60) numerals. For example ...

  8. Neritic zone - Wikipedia

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    The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately 200 meters (660 ft) in depth.

  9. Meander cutoff - Wikipedia

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    A river constantly evolves and as it does, meanders that were once a part of the river are abandoned in favor of a route that is more efficient for a river to take. As these old meanders are cutoff from the rest of the river, a new channel, or cutoff channel, is formed. Neck cutoff: a river bend intersects itself.