What is the general name for shapes like sphere and cone?

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What is the general name of the shapes you get by spinning a 2d shape around 360 degrees? e.g spinning right triangle around either short sides 360 degrees to get a cone, spinning a circle around the diameter to get sphere, etc

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Solids of revolution – HallaSurvivor Jun 19 '22 at 09:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '22 at 09:04

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Such a thing is called surface of revolution.

answered Jun 19 '22 at 09:04

Jonas Linssen

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What is the general name for shapes like sphere and cone?

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