Lena@gregtech.eu to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agoPhysics books are a classicgregtech.euimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1461arrow-down12
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minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoelyptical cylinders exist
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHuh, I’d considered “prism” to be the general and “cylinder” to be specifically circular, but apparently cylinder is general. Go figure.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoisn’t it only a prism when the base is a polygon ?
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoCylinders are the extreme upper limit of a prism
elyptical cylinders exist
Huh, I’d considered “prism” to be the general and “cylinder” to be specifically circular, but apparently cylinder is general. Go figure.
isn’t it only a prism when the base is a polygon ?
Cylinders are the extreme upper limit of a prism