Comment on Physics books are a classic

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  elyptical cylinders exist

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Huh, I’d considered “prism” to be the general and “cylinder” to be specifically circular, but apparently cylinder is general. Go figure.

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    • stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      isn’t it only a prism when the base is a polygon ?

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      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Cylinders are the extreme upper limit of a prism

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