- ruled surface
- noun Date: 1862 a surface generated by a moving straight line with the result that through every point on the surface a line can be drawn lying wholly in the surface
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ruled surface
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ruled surface — Geom. a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone. [1860 65] * * * … Universalium
doubly ruled surface — noun mathematics : a ruled surface with two systems of rulings or generators; specifically : a quadric surface … Useful english dictionary
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