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solid of revolution

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A volume generated by the rotation of a plane figure about an axis in its plane.

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  • noun A solid produced by taking a particular two-dimensional curve and rotating it through 360° about an axis. The curve will sweep out a surface, and the region inside the surface defines a solid.

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