Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

The DU Lounge

(10,575 posts)

19. I believe back then I only had to color triangles, circles and rectangles

Sat Feb 1, 2014, 09:08 AM

Feb 2014

I wonder where the shape came from?

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

22 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Math, possibly geometry?, question. [View all] femmocrat Jan 2014 OP

Thanks, I searched google images. No luck. femmocrat Jan 2014 #6

Chris Christie. rug Jan 2014 #2

Nah.... he is round on all sides. femmocrat Jan 2014 #5

LOL femmocrat Jan 2014 #4

Stadium ? jakeXT Jan 2014 #7

Thanks, but the curves are wrong. femmocrat Jan 2014 #8

Sounds like a lens, maybe this negative meniscus ? jakeXT Jan 2014 #9

"lens-shaped" might be a good generic term that covers all of those struggle4progress Jan 2014 #10

I was thinking of an image like that. Raine1967 Jan 2014 #11

That's it! femmocrat Jan 2014 #14

A lot has changed since either of us attended first grade! femmocrat Feb 2014 #20

Are the curves segments of concentric circles? pokerfan Jan 2014 #12

That is almost it. Thank you very much. femmocrat Jan 2014 #15

Looks like it's called a "sector of an annulus" pokerfan Feb 2014 #22

I was too. But I have forgotten just about all of it. femmocrat Jan 2014 #16

no name Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2014 #17

Is it a cylinder segment? mia Feb 2014 #18

I guess it could be. femmocrat Feb 2014 #21