right circular cylinder
nounGeometry.
a cylinder generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides.
Origin of right circular cylinder
1First recorded in 1940–45
- Compare oblique circular cylinder.
Words Nearby right circular cylinder
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How to use right circular cylinder in a sentence
For a sphere or a right circular cylinder the subgroups are those that leave the centre and the axis respectively unaltered.
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