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Definition of Prismatoid
1. Noun. A polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid.
Definition of Prismatoid
1. Noun. (mathematics) Any polyhedron whose vertices all lie in either of two parallel planes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prismatoid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prismatoid
Literary usage of Prismatoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1904)
"A polyhedron is called a prismatoid if it has for bases two polygons in parallel
... The altitude of a prismatoid is the perpendicular distance between the ..."
2. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"A polyhedron is called a prismatoid if it has for bases two polygons in parallel
... The altitude of a prismatoid is the perpendicular distance between the ..."
3. Prismoidal Formulae and Earthwork by Thomas Ulvan Taylor (1898)
"i = area of lower base of prismatoid; Вi = area of upper base of ... Join the
vertices of these polygons so as to form a prismatoid. ..."
4. Computation and Mensuration by Preston Albert Lambert (1907)
"CHAPTER IV VOLUMES OF SOLIDS BOUNDED BY PLANES ART. 15. — THE prismatoid The
polyhedron two of whose faces are any two polygons in parallel ..."
5. The Elements of Geometry by George Bruce Halsted (1885)
"To find the volume of any prismatoid. RULE. Multiply one-fourth its altitude ...
Any prismatoid may be divided into tetrahedra, all of the same altitude as ..."
6. Solid Geometry by Clara Avis Hart, Daniel D. Feldman, John Henry Tanner, Virgil Snyder (1912)
"A prismatoid is a polyhedron having for bases two polygons in parallel planes,
and for lateral faces triangles or trapezoids with one side lying in one base ..."
7. Solid Geometry by Clara Avis Hart, Daniel D. Feldman, John Henry Tanner, Virgil Snyder (1912)
"A prismatoid is a polyhedron having for bases two polygons in parallel planes,
and for lateral faces triangles or trapezoids with one side lying in one base ..."
8. Metrical Geometry: An Elementary Treatise on Mensuration by George Bruce Halsted (1881)
"If both bases of a prismatoid become lines, it is a tetrahedron. XLI. A wedge is
a prismatoid whose lower base is a rectangle, and upper base a line ..."
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