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ruled surface
noun
, Geometry.
- a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ruled surface1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
In the general case of a singly infinite system of lines, the locus is a ruled surface (or regulus).
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The degree of a ruled surface qua line geometry is the number of its generating lines contained in a linear complex.
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Since a ruled surface contains only ∞ elements, this theory is practically the same as that of curves.
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We have occasionally met with leaves having a lined or ruled surface, giving most beautiful diffraction colours.
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The ruled surface is, moreover, concave, and hence brings the spectrum to a focus without a telescope.
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