Definition:Right Circular Cylinder/Base
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Definition
In the words of Euclid:
- And the bases are the circles described by the two sides opposite to one another which are carried round.
(The Elements: Book $\text{XI}$: Definition $23$)
In the above diagram, the bases of the cylinder $ACBEDF$ are the faces $ABC$ and $DEF$.
Also see
- Results about cylinders can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cylinder
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cylinder