 | John Henry Moore - Business mathematics - 1904 - 404 pages
...dimension — length. 364. A surface is a magnitude of two dimensions — length and breadth. 365. A solid is a magnitude of three dimensions — length, breadth, and thickness. 366. The standard unit of extension in the United States is the yard. The standard yard prescribed... | |
 | Education - 1901 - 562 pages
...Magnitudes may have one or two or three dimensions. 3. A line is a magnitude of one dimension — length. 4. A surface is a magnitude of two dimensions —...surface is its area. 8. The extent of a solid is its volume. The length of a line is determined by long measure. The area of a surface is determined by... | |
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A line is a magnitude of one dimension,—length. 4. A surface is a magnitude of two dimensions, — length and breadth. Squares and circles are surfaces. 5. A solid is a magnitude of three dimensions, — length, breadth, and thickness. Cubes and prisms... 