In geometry, a chord (from Latin chorda 'catgut, string') of a circle is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on a circular arc. If a chord were to be extended infinitely on both directions into a line, the object is a secant line.
In geometry, a chord (from Latin chorda 'catgut, string') of a circle is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on a circular arc. If a chord were to be extended infinitely on both directions into a line, the object is a secant line.
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