- surface of revolution
-
Math.a surface formed by revolving a plane curve about a given line.[1830-40]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
surface of revolution
Look at other dictionaries:
Surface de revolution — Surface de révolution Une surface de révolution est une surface paramétrée et orientée de ℝ³, la surface balayée par la rotation d une courbe plane. Les surfaces de révolution comprennent les tores, les sphères, les cylindres, les sphéroïdes, les … Wikipédia en Français
Surface de révolution — Une surface de révolution est une surface paramétrée et orientée de ℝ³, la surface balayée par la rotation d une courbe plane, appelée méridienne. Les surfaces de révolution comprennent les tores, les sphères, les cylindres, les sphéroïdes, les… … Wikipédia en Français
Surface of revolution — A surface of revolution is a surface created by rotating a curve lying on some plane (the generatrix) around a straight line (the axis of rotation) that lies on the same plane. Examples of surfaces generated by a straight line are the cylindrical … Wikipedia
surface of revolution — a surface held to be formed by the revolution of a plane curve about a line in its plane * * * Math. a surface formed by revolving a plane curve about a given line. [1830 40] * * * surface of revolution, Geometry. a surface which is generated by… … Useful english dictionary
surface of revolution — noun A surface formed when a given curve is revolved around a given axis. If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines a solid of revolution. A sphere is a surface of revolution of a circle around an axis which runs through the… … Wiktionary
surface de révolution — sukimosi paviršius statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. surface of revolution; surface of rotation vok. Drehfläche, f; Rotationsfläche, f; Umdrehungsfläche, f rus. поверхность вращения, f pranc. surface de rotation, f; surface de… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
surface of revolution — sukimosi paviršius statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. surface of revolution; surface of rotation vok. Drehfläche, f; Rotationsfläche, f; Umdrehungsfläche, f rus. поверхность вращения, f pranc. surface de rotation, f; surface de… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Surface de révolution d'axe D — ● Surface de révolution d axe D surface engendrée par la rotation autour de D d un arc Γ. (Les sections de cette surface par un plan perpendiculaire à D sont des cercles appelés parallèles.) … Encyclopédie Universelle
surface of revolution — Date: 1840 a surface formed by the revolution of a plane curve about a line in its plane … New Collegiate Dictionary
Vertex of a surface of revolution — Vertex Ver tex, n.; pl. {Vertexes}, L. {Vertices}. [L. vertex, icis, a whirl, top of the head, top, summit, from vertere to turn. See {Verse}, and cf. {Vortex}.] A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
