quarter circle
One-fourth of circumference
A quarter circle is one fourth of a circle's circumference, or the wedge-shaped area bounded by two radii at right angles and the arc between them.
The term appears in geometry, design, and movement descriptions: She traced a quarter circle with her arm.
In technical contexts, it may specify a 90-degree arc or rotation.
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- sectorDistinct division of whole
- radiusCenter-to-perimeter distance
- turning radiusSmallest circular path possible
- quadrantFourth of a circle
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- circlesradius, circumference, pie chart, ring, disk
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
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- shapessquare, triangle, rectangle, oval, hexagon
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geometric shape type
quarter circlestraight line
Undeviated continuous path
right angle · square · rectangle · triangle · polygon
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