semidiameter

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And vnto euery prycke is drawẽ a semidiameter, as you see.

From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert

Like waies on the same cẽtre by drawyng an other semidiameter, I make an other angle H.F.G, equall to the second vtter angle of the triangle, whiche is B.C.E.

From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert

For a right line either from the center unto the touch-point; or from the touch point unto the center is radius or semidiameter.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

Then at the ende of eche semidiameter, I draw a touche line, whiche shall make righte angles with the semidiameter.

From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert

The second is by measuring the semidiameter of the Earth: For as the circumference makes knowne the diameter, so doth this the circumference.

From A Briefe Introduction to Geography by Pemble, William