 | Frederic William Bardwell - Arithmetic - 1878 - 416 pages
...are named from the figures of their bases, as a triangular prism, a quadrangular prism, and so on. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. A parallclopipedon is a prism of six faces, the opposite ones, two by two, being equal and in parallel... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless - Geometry - 1879 - 282 pages
...figure having length, breadth and thickness. 2. A polyedron is a solid bounded by plane surfaces. 3. A prism is a polyedron of which two opposite faces, called bases, are equal, similar, and parallel polygons, and the other faces are parallelograms. If the lateral edges stand... | |
 | Seth Thayer Stewart - Geometry, Modern - 1891 - 422 pages
...the base. The lateral edges are the intersections of the tnangles forming the lateral surface. 471. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. 472. The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular distance between the apex and the base. 473. The... | |
 | William C. Bartol - Geometry, Solid - 1893 - 112 pages
...is one whose lateral edges are perpendicular to the bases; all other prisms are termed oblique. 57. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. From the definition of a prism we readily deduce the following : 59. The lateral edges are equal to... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - 1893 - 426 pages
...prism. NOTE. — When a prism is spoken of, a right prism is meant unless the word oblique is used. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. AD, BF, or CE is the altitude in Fig. 1. GY is the altitude in Fig. 2. 1277. The number of sides in... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1893 - 392 pages
...prism. NOTE. — When a prism is spoken of, a right prism is meant unless the word oblique is used. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. AD, BF, or CE is the altitude in Fig. 1. GY is the altitude in Fig. 2. 1277. The number of sides in... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1895 - 480 pages
...prism. NOTE. — When a prism is spoken of, a right prism is meant unless the word oblique is used. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. AD, BF, or CE is the altitude in Fig. 1. GY is the altitude in Fig. 2. 1277. The number of sides in... | |
 | Anson Kent Cross - Art - 1895 - 168 pages
...between the base and a section made by a plane inclined to the base, and cutting all the lateral edges. The ALTITUDE of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. The Ax1s of a regular prism is a straight line connecting the centres of its bases. A RIGHT SECTION... | |
 | John Henry Walsh - Arithmetic - 1895 - 400 pages
...prism. NOTE. — When a prism is spoken of, a right prism is meant unless the word oblique is used. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. AD, BF, or GE is the altitude in Fig. 1. GY is the altitude in Fig. 2. 1277. The number of sides in... | |
 | Anson Kent Cross - Art - 1897 - 200 pages
...not perpendicular to the bases. A REGULAR PRISM is a right prism whose bases are regular polygons. The ALTITUDE of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. The Axis of a regular prism is a straight line connecting the centers of its bases. Profile. The contour... | |
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The area of the lateral faces is called the lateral area. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the bases. Prisms are triangular, quadrangular, etc., according to the shape of the base. 
