ruled surface
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ruled surface
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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In this case, corresponding points will be joined by lines which do not lie in a plane, but on some surface, which like every surface generated by lines is called a ruled surface.
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A single infinite number of lines, that is, all lines which satisfy three conditions, or which belong to three complexes, form a ruled surface; e.g. one set of lines on a ruled quadric surface, or developable surfaces which are formed by the tangents to a curve.
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A Ruled Surface, Regulus or Skew is a configuration of lines which satisfy three conditions, and therefore depend on only one parameter.
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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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The lines common to three complexes of degrees, n1n2n3, form a ruled surface of degree 2n1n2n3; but not every ruled surface is the complete intersection of three complexes.
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