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slant height

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slant height [′slant hīt]
(mathematics)
The common length of the elements of a right circular cone.
The common altitude of the lateral faces of a regular pyramid.


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At that point, the students realised that to find the area of the triangular faces, what they really needed was the height of the triangular face (the slant height of the pyramid, l, and not the height of the pyramid, h).
 
 
 
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