semidiameter

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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

Whereby it dothe well appeare, that the side of anye sisangle made in a circle, is equalle to the semidiameter of the same circle.

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

And with your compas take the quantitee of the semidiameter iustly.

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

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