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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
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Huh, I’d considered “prism” to be the general and “cylinder” to be specifically circular, but apparently cylinder is general. Go figure.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
isn’t it only a prism when the base is a polygon ?
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Cylinders are the extreme upper limit of a prism