Comment on Physics books are a classic

• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Cylinders are the extreme upper limit of a prism

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