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A line intersecting a circle in two distinct points is a ____.


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A line intersecting a circle in two distinct points is a secant.
A line that intersects a circle at two points is a chord and if it passes through the center then it is a secant.
It is drawn from outside the circle and is an extension of a chord in a circle which is a straight line segment of which the endpoints lie on the circle.
Therefore the line intersecting a circle at two distinct points is known as a Secant.
 
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