Steinmetz solid

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Etymology

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Named after Charles Proteus Steinmetz, though these solids were known long before Steinmetz studied them.

Noun

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Steinmetz solid (plural Steinmetz solids)

  1. (geometry) The solid body generated by the intersection of two or three cylinders of equal radius at right angles.