Solids

Truncated Cylinder

Solid cut from a cylinder by a plane that cuts through all the generatrices.
Term generally used in the case of a right circular cylinder. The two solids obtained are both truncated cylinders. If the plane is parallel to the bases, the two solids obtained are cylinders.

Example

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