Construct circle center from chord

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Is it possible to construct the center of a circle from a single chord?

If I construct the perpendicular bisector of the chord and then construct the perpendicular bisector of that, wouldn't the exact point of intersection be the center of the circle?

This is what I imagined.

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We have the basic theorem in Euclidean geometry: when we have a cord in a circle (= a line segment joining two distinct points of a circle), then the cord's perpendicular bisector passes through the circles center (the other direction is also true, so this is an iff theorem). Thus, as I noted in my first comment, if the cord's perp. bisec. is made into a cord (meaning: take the segment of the perp. bis. joining two different points on the circle), it is always a diameter