Definition:Right Circular Cylinder/Definition 2

Definition

A right circular cylinder is a right cylinder whose bases are circles.

Also known as

A right circular cylinder is usually known in common parlance as a cylinder.

This is also the usage in Euclid's The Elements.

However, on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ a cylinder is a more general object, so right circular cylinder will be used when that is what is meant.

Also see

• Equivalence of Definitions of Right Circular Cylinder

• Results about right circular cylinders can be found here.