ruled surface

noun

: a surface generated by a moving straight line with the result that through every point on the surface a line can be drawn lying wholly in the surface

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Questions over pedestrian right-of-way rules surfaced among Seattle Times readers last month after the newspaper covered the installation of a traffic light and crosswalk at Terry Avenue North on Denny Way, an intersection previously not marked. —

Jessica Lee, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of ruled surface was in 1836

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“Ruled surface.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ruled%20surface. Accessed 25 Mar. 2023.

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