TLHAMALALA
→ CHORDA value that closes an arc with a straight line between its two ends.
TLHAMALALAYou give it to thalaArc as the seventh number. The arc’s two ends are joined by a straight line — one that cuts across the ellipse from one end to the other.
That makes a shape like a half moon when the arc is half the circle, or like a thin slice of loaf when it is small.
The difference from SERIPA: TLHAMALALA joins the ends to each other, straight across, while SERIPA joins them through the middle of the ellipse.
Examples
Section titled “Examples”tiro setaLoeto() {
thalaKanefase(400, 400);
bokamorago(22, 26, 46);
seeloSaSekhutlo(DEGREES);
tlogelaMothalo();
tlatsaMmala(235, 230, 200);
thalaArc(200, 200, 200, 200, 270, 90, TLHAMALALA);
// dinaledi tse dinnye
paloEpePeo(3);
tlatsaMmala(250, 250, 220);
gopheta (diri i = 0; i < 40; i = i + 1) {
thalaSediko(paloEpe(400), paloEpe(400), paloEpe(1, 3));
}
}