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The circle with a point at the centre (☉) is a symbol featuring a circle with the middle marked with a dot. Circumpunct. ... Jump to: navigation, search In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a fixed point, called the centre (center). ...


It is an ancient symbol.


It can symbolize:

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See also

A solar symbol is a symbol which symbolises the sun. ...

External links

  • Symbols.com
  • The World Brianism Foundation uses this symbol and calls it circumpunct. See also Brianism.

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Circle (615 words)
In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a fixed point, called the centre.
A segment of a circle bound by two radii is called an arc, and the ratio between the length of an arc and the radius defines the angle between the two radii in radians.
The 3-dimensional analog of the circle is the sphere.
Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math (605 words)
Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
So you could define a circle this way: It's made up of all the points that are the same distance from the centre point.
If you draw a point on a piece of paper (the centre point) and then use your ruler to draw other points (whichever ones you like) that are exactly 3 centimetres from the centre point, you'll find that you start to get a circle once you've drawn lots of these points.
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