Lena@gregtech.eu to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoPhysics books are a classicgregtech.euimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down12
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minus-squareagamemnonymouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAs opposed to a non-circular cylinder?
minus-squareagamemnonymouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHuh, I’d considered “prism” to be the general and “cylinder” to be specifically circular, but apparently cylinder is general. Go figure.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoisn’t it only a prism when the base is a polygon ?
minus-squareagamemnonymouslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoCylinders are the extreme upper limit of a prism
As opposed to a non-circular cylinder?
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