Measurement

Radius of a circle

A line segment that joins the centre of a circle to any point on the circle.
The term radius of a circle often refers to the length of a segment that joins the centre of the circle to a point on the circle.

Example

  In this circle with centre O and points A and B located on the circle, the segments AO and BO are radii.

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