Steinmetz solid

English

Etymology

Named after Charles Proteus Steinmetz, though these solids were known long before Steinmetz studied them.

Noun

Steinmetz solid (plural Steinmetz solids)

  1. (geometry) The solid body generated by the intersection of two or three cylinders of equal radius at right angles.
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