right circular cylinder

noun

, Geometry.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of right circular cylinder¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

If the centre is at infinity the tangent cone becomes a right circular cylinder touching the sphere along a great circle, and if the projection is, as in our case, orthographic, then the section of this cone by a plane of projection will be a circle equal to the great circle of the sphere.

From Project Gutenberg