Definition:Height of Cone/Also known as
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Height of Cone: Also known as
The height of a cone is also sometimes known as its altitude.
However, on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ we reserve the word altitude to mean the actual straight line that defines that height.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cone
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cone