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Bicone

In geometry, a bicone or dicone is the three-dimensional surface of revolution of a rhombus around one of its axes of symmetry. Equivalently, a bicone is the surface created by joining two congruent right circular cones at their bases. A bicone has circular symmetry and orthogonal bilateral symmetry.

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In geometry, a bicone or dicone (from Latin: bi-, and Greek: di-, both meaning "two") is the three-dimensional surface of revolution of a rhombus around one of its axes of symmetry. Equivalently, a bicone is the surface created by joining two congruent right circular cones at their bases. A bicone has circular symmetry and orthogonal bilateral symmetry.

Geometry

For a bicone with radius r {\displaystyle r} and half-height h {\displaystyle h} , the volume is

V = 2 3 π r 2 h {\displaystyle V={\frac {2}{3}}\pi r^{2}h}

and the surface area is

A = 2 π r {\displaystyle A=2\pi r\ell \,}

where

= r 2 + h 2 {\displaystyle \ell ={\sqrt {r^{2}+h^{2}}}}

is the slant height.

Regular right symmetric n-gonal bipyramids:
Bipyramid
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Digonal
bipyramid
Triangular
bipyramid
Square
bipyramid
Pentagonal
bipyramid
Hexagonal
bipyramid
... Apeirogonal
bipyramid
Polyhedron
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Spherical
tiling

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Plane
tiling

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Face config. V2.4.4 V3.4.4 V4.4.4 V5.4.4 V6.4.4 ... V∞.4.4
Coxeter
diagram
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