Re: Another word for 'intersection of two circles'?
- From: "G. A. Edgar" <edgar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:29:09 -0500
In article <1131685560.173451.272360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<"stargene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"> wrote:
> Hi -- a librarian friend had a reference question ... What is the word
> for
> the region defined where two circles overlap? In set theory the
> general
> term seems to be their 'intersection', the region shared by both
> circles.
>
> Is there another more specific name in the case of circles?
>
> Thanks.
>
Do you mean a "lune" ?
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G. A. Edgar http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~edgar/
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