cylinder
A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
Example
“When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both right and circular are usually implied.”
Other meanings
A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "κύλινδρος".
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This definition is adapted from “cylinder” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.