noun Geometry.
- a surface generated by the revolution of any closed plane curve or contour about an axis lying in its plane.
- the solid enclosed by such a surface.
noun
- geometry a surface generated by rotating a closed plane curve about a coplanar line that does not intersect the curve
- the solid enclosed by such a surfaceSee also torus
- A surface generated by rotating a closed curve about an axis that is in the same plane as the curve but does not intersect it.