3D FIGURES: cROSS SECTIONS & rOTATIONS

cube cone sphere cylinder pyramid The shape we get when cutting straight through an object dimension prism cross section A measurement of length in one direction. Examples: width, depth and height. dimension prism cross section A solid geometric figure whose two end faces are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. dimension prism cross section The point (vertex) furthest from the base of an object. prism apex base The surface a solid object stands on, or the bottom line of a shape such as a triangle or rectangle. prism apex base The act of rotating especially on or as if on an axis rotation base cross section