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  2. Solid geometry - Wikipedia

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    A solid figure is the region of 3D space bounded by a two-dimensional closed surface; for example, a solid ball consists of a sphere and its interior. Solid geometry deals with the measurements of volumes of various solids, including pyramids , prisms (and other polyhedrons ), cubes , cylinders , cones (and truncated cones ).

  3. Characteristic length - Wikipedia

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    In physics, a characteristic length is an important dimension that defines the scale of a physical system. Often, such a length is used as an input to a formula in order to predict some characteristics of the system, and it is usually required by the construction of a dimensionless quantity, in the general framework of dimensional analysis and in particular applications such as fluid mechanics.

  4. Right circular cylinder - Wikipedia

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    Through Cavalieri's principle, which defines that if two solids of the same height, with congruent base areas, are positioned on the same plane, such that any other plane parallel to this plane sections both solids, determining from this section two polygons with the same area, [6] then the volume of the two solids will be the same, we can ...

  5. Steinmetz solid - Wikipedia

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    The generation of a bicylinder Calculating the volume of a bicylinder. A bicylinder generated by two cylinders with radius r has the volume =, and the surface area [1] [6] =.. The upper half of a bicylinder is the square case of a domical vault, a dome-shaped solid based on any convex polygon whose cross-sections are similar copies of the polygon, and analogous formulas calculating the volume ...

  6. Tetrahedron - Wikipedia

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    The volume of a tetrahedron can be obtained in many ways. It can be given by using the formula of the pyramid's volume: =. where is the base' area and is the height from the base to the apex. This applies for each of the four choices of the base, so the distances from the apices to the opposite faces are inversely proportional to the areas of ...

  7. Cupola (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In particular, h = 0 at the limits n/d = 6 and n/d = 6/5, and h is maximized at n/d = 2 (in the digonal cupola: the triangular prism, where the triangles are upright). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the images above, the star cupolae have been given a consistent colour scheme to aid identifying their faces: the base { n / d } -gon is red, the base {2 n / d ...

  8. Elongated triangular pyramid - Wikipedia

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    An elongated triangular pyramid with edge length has a height, by adding the height of a regular tetrahedron and a triangular prism: [4] (+). Its surface area can be calculated by adding the area of all eight equilateral triangles and three squares: [2] (+), and its volume can be calculated by slicing it into a regular tetrahedron and a prism, adding their volume up: [2]: ((+)).

  9. Solid of revolution - Wikipedia

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    Two common methods for finding the volume of a solid of revolution are the disc method and the shell method of integration.To apply these methods, it is easiest to draw the graph in question; identify the area that is to be revolved about the axis of revolution; determine the volume of either a disc-shaped slice of the solid, with thickness δx, or a cylindrical shell of width δx; and then ...