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- Dictionarycylinder/ˈsɪlɪndə/
noun
- 1. a solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.
- 2. a piston chamber in a steam or internal combustion engine.
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Surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given straight line called the axis of the cylinder; one of the most basic curvilinear geometric shapes
A cylinder has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base. Wikipedia