Posts tagged 'surface'
G.5 surface
A surface is that which has length and breadth only.
G.6 extremities of a surface
The extremities of a surface are lines or arcs.
G.7 plane surface
A plane surface lies evenly with the lines on itself.
G.524 solid angle
A:term:**solid angle** <solid-angle> is the inclination constituted by more than two:term:lines <G.2> which meet one another and are not in the same:term:surface <G.533>, towards all the lines. Otherwise: A:term:**solid angle** <solid-angle> is that which is contained by more than two:term:plane angles <G.22> which are not in the same:term:plane <G.7> and are constructed to one:term:point <G.1>.
G.533 extremity of a solid
An:term:extremity <G.6> of a:term:solid <G.529> is a:term:**surface** <surface>.
G.534 similar solid figures
Similar solid figures are those:term:contained by similar planes <G.533> equal in multitude.
G.535 equal and similar solid figures
Equal and similar solid figures are those:term:contained by similar planes <G.533> equal in multitude and in magnitude.
G.559 similar pyramids triangular
Similar pyramids which have triangular bases are in the triplicate ratio of their corresponding sides.
G.570 similar cones cylinders
Similar cones and cylinders are to one another in the triplicate ratio of the diameters in their bases.
G.576 diameter of a sphere
A:term:**diameter of the sphere** <diameter-of-sphere> is any:term:segment <G.4> drawn through the:term:center <center> and terminated in both directions by the:term:surface <G.533> of the:term:sphere <G.575>.
G.577 spheres center inscribe
Given two spheres about the same center, to inscribe in the greater sphere a polyhedral solid which does not touch the lesser sphere at its surface.
G.578 spheres triplicate ratio
Spheres are to one another in the triplicate ratio of their respective diameters.
G.600 construct a dodecahedron and comprehend it in a
Construct a dodecahedron and comprehend it in a sphere, like the aforesaid figures, and to prove that the side of the dodecahedron is the irrational segment called apotome.