right circular cylinder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of right circular cylinder
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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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 has volume of 100 cubic inches.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
A right circular cylinder with no top has a volume of 50 cubic meters.
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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