Definition:Cylinder/Base
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Definition
The $2$ parallel planes which form a cylinder by intersecting a cylindrical surface are called the bases.
In the above diagram, the bases of the cylinder $ACBEDF$ are the faces $ABC$ and $DEF$.
Also see
- Results about bases of cylinders can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cylinder
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cylinder