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NEILOID
Etymology: from Neile with the suffix oid. |
Cylindrical equation: Cubic surface. Volume between the planes . |
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The neiloid is the surface
of revolution obtained by rotating a semicubical
parabola (or Neile parabola) around its axis of symmetry.
In dendometry, to calculate the volume of a trunk of negative curvature, we use the neiloid trunk formula seen above, as shown in the figure opposite: |
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