Category:Definitions/Compasses

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A compass is an ideal tool for drawing circles.


Hence it can be used according to Euclid's third postulate to construct a circle using any two given points:

$(1): \quad$ the center

and:

$(2): \quad$ an arbitrary point on the circumference.