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A chord is the line segment joining two points on a curve. Usually it is used to refer to a line segment whose end points lie on a circle.

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Cross-references: circle, lie on, end points, curve, points, line segment
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This is version 1 of chord, born on 2002-11-11.
Object id is 3586, canonical name is Chord.
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51-00 (Geometry :: General reference works )

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