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right circular cylinder

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noun

Geometry.
  1. a cylinder generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides.


Etymology

Origin of right circular cylinder

First recorded in 1940–45

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Find the volume of the largest right circular cylinder that fits in a sphere of radius 1.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

A right circular cylinder with no top has a volume of 50 cubic meters.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

For the following exercises, find the dimensions of the right circular cylinder described.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

A right circular cylinder is to have a volume of 40 cubic inches.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

For a sphere or a right circular cylinder the subgroups are those that leave the centre and the axis respectively unaltered.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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