Definition:Right Circular Cylinder/Definition 2
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Definition
A right circular cylinder is a right cylinder whose bases are circles.
Also known as
A right circular cylinder is usually known in common parlance as a cylinder.
This is also the usage in Euclid's The Elements.
However, on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ a cylinder is a more general object, so right circular cylinder will be used when that is what is meant.
Also see
- Results about right circular cylinders can be found here.