📚 noun • entry_id 17777
solid of revolution
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sólido de revolución
A solid produced by taking a particular two-dimensional curve and rotating it through 360° about an axis. The curve will sweep out a surface, and the region inside the surface defines a solid.
A cylinder is a solid of revolution generated by rotating a rectangle about one of its axes.
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