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A major segment is the larger of the two circular segments cut from a disk by a chord that is not a diameter. In the figure above, it is bounded by the chord AB and the corresponding major arc of the disk with center O, and has more than half the area of the disk (AMSI 2011). The other segment cut off by the chord AB is called the minor segment.

See also

Circular Segment, Minor Segment, Semicircle

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References

Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI). "Circle Geometry." The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools Project. June 2011. https://www.amsi.org.au/teacher_modules/Circle_Geometry.html.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Major Segment." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MajorSegment.html

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