elem.3.def.4

In a circle straight lines are said to be equally distant from the centre when the perpendiculars drawn to them from the centre are equal. Ἐν κύκλῳ ἴσον ἀπέχειν ἀπὸ τοῦ κέντρου εὐθεῖαι λέγονται, ὅταν αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ κέντρου ἐπ' αὐτὰς κάθετοι ἀγόμεναι ἴσαι ὦσιν.