Lathing (InstanceTopic, 3)

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'''Lathing''' an object is an operation to create an ''n''+1-dimensional shape from an ''n''-dimensional shape. When a shape is lathed, the resulting shape is the [[hypervolume]] traced out by rotating the shape about its center by 180 degrees.
'''Lathing''' an object is an operation to create an ''n''+1-dimensional shape from an ''n''-dimensional shape. When a shape is lathed, the resulting shape is the [[hypervolume]] traced out by rotating the shape about its center by 180 degrees.
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Revision as of 22:25, 16 June 2007

Lathing an object is an operation to create an n+1-dimensional shape from an n-dimensional shape. When a shape is lathed, the resulting shape is the hypervolume traced out by rotating the shape about its center by 180 degrees.