Intercepted Arc

Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tərˌsɛpt.id ɑɹk/ Explain

An intercepted arc is a portion of a circle between two sides of an angle whose vertex is on the boundary or in the interior of the circle.

Click on the blue points and drag them to change the figure. Under what condition is the length of the intercepted arc zero? Manipulative 1 - Intercepted Arc Created with GeoGebra.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, intercepted arc. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 100. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book

More Information

• McAdams, David E.. Arc. allmathwords.org. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. 7/30/2018. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/a/arc.html.

Cite this article as:

McAdams, David E. Intercepted Arc. 3/22/2019. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/i/interceptedarc.html.

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• All images and manipulatives are by David McAdams unless otherwise stated. All images by David McAdams are Copyright © Life is a Story Problem LLC and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Revision History

12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
8/6/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup, implemented new Geogebra protocol. (McAdams, David E.)
7/18/2018: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)