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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A surface generated by revolving a plane curve about an axis in its plane.
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- noun mathematics A
surface formed when a givencurve is revolved around a givenaxis . If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines asolid of revolution .
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