The lateral surface obtained by rotating a straight segment in a plane containing the rotation axis has endpoint radii and slant length . Its surface area is : the radius is linear in the segment's arc length, so the surface area of a surface of revolution is . This formula excludes the end disks and assumes that the segment's radial direction is fixed. A straight segment whose endpoint horizontal directions differ generally sweeps a different surface of revolution.
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