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Capsule
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A capsule is a term coined here for a stadium of revolution, i.e., a cylinder with two hemispherical caps on either end.

A capsule with cap radius r and cylinder height a has volume

V=pir^2(4/3r+a)

and surface area

S=2pir(2r+a).

SEE ALSO: Capsule, Cylinder, Hemisphere, Egg, Oblate Spheroid, Prolate Spheroid, Spheroid, Stadium, Superellipsoid




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