circular segment

circular segment
A segment (of a circle).

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  • Circular segment — In geometry, a circular segment is an area of a circle informally defined as an area which is cut off from the rest of the circle by a secant or a chord. The circle segment constitutes the part between the secant and an arc, excluding the circle… …   Wikipedia

  • Circular — is a basic geometric shape such as a Circle. Contents 1 Documents 2 Travel and transportation 3 Places …   Wikipedia

  • Segment — may mean: *an internal section of a citrus fruit *Market segment, the smaller subgroups comprising a marketComputing *Memory segment, the portion of computer memory which may be addressed by a single index register *Image segment created in… …   Wikipedia

  • Circular sector — A circular sector is shaded in green A circular sector or circle sector, is the portion of a disk enclosed by two radii and an arc, where the smaller area is known as the minor sector and the larger being the major sector. In the diagram, θ is… …   Wikipedia

  • segment — 1. noun /ˈsɛɡ.mənt,sɛɡˈmɛnt,ˈsɛɡmɛnt,sɛɡˈmɛnt/ a) A length of some object. a segment of rope b) A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them. The news showed a segment on global warming …   Wiktionary

  • Segment — Seg ment, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Segment gear — Segment Seg ment, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Segment of a line — Segment Seg ment, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Segment of a sphere — Segment Seg ment, n. [L. segmentum, fr. secare to cut, cut off: cf. F. segment. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • segment — [seg′mənt; ] for v. [, seg′ment] n. [L segmentum < secare, to cut: see SAW1] 1. any of the parts into which a body is separated or separable; division; section 2. Geom. a) a part of a figure, esp. of a circle or sphere, marked off or made… …   English World dictionary

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