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A right circular cone and an oblique circular cone A double cone (not shown infinitely extended) 3D model of a cone. A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
A conic is the curve obtained as the intersection of a plane, called the cutting plane, with the surface of a double cone (a cone with two nappes).It is usually assumed that the cone is a right circular cone for the purpose of easy description, but this is not required; any double cone with some circular cross-section will suffice.
If the directrix is a circle , and the apex is located on the circle's axis (the line that contains the center of and is perpendicular to its plane), one obtains the right circular conical surface or double cone. [2]
Ruled surface generated by two Bézier curves as directrices (red, green). A surface in 3-dimensional Euclidean space is called a ruled surface if it is the union of a differentiable one-parameter family of lines.
Diagram showing a section through the centre of a cone (1) subtending a solid angle of 1 steradian in a sphere of radius r, along with the spherical "cap" (2). The external surface area A of the cap equals r2 only if solid angle of the cone is exactly 1 steradian. Hence, in this figure θ = A/2 and r = 1.
A frustum's axis is that of the original cone or pyramid. A frustum is circular if it has circular bases; it is right if the axis is perpendicular to both bases, and oblique otherwise. The height of a frustum is the perpendicular distance between the planes of the two bases.
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Cone: Tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex: A right circular cone and an oblique circular cone Cylinder: Straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section A solid elliptic cylinder A right and an oblique circular cylinder Ellipsoid