What is the definition of a rotating surface? It is said in the book that the surface formed by a curve rotating around a fixed line in its plane is called a rotating surface. But why does a cylinder also have a rotating surface? That surface is a rotating surface

What is the definition of a rotating surface? It is said in the book that the surface formed by a curve rotating around a fixed line in its plane is called a rotating surface. But why does a cylinder also have a rotating surface? That surface is a rotating surface

The (side) surface of a cylinder is a surface of revolution. It revolves around the cylinder
A fixed line is formed by the rotation of the line connecting the center of the upper and lower circles