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cylinder

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
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Summary

cylinder ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,749 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: analytic manifold[2], cylinder[3], geometric primitive[4]
  • Commons category: Cylinders[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cylinders[6]
  • Commons gallery: Cylinder (geometry)[7]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Has characteristic: diameter[10]
  • Different from: cylinder[11], circular cylinder[12]
  • Studied by: solid geometry[13]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[14]
  • Euler characteristic: 2[15]

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Influence

Things named for cylinder include cylindrite[16], a mineral species[17].

Why It Matters

cylinder has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] cylinder is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for cylinder include cylindrite[16], a mineral species[17].

Related Entities

O'Neill cylinder

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  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0371349-valce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0371349-valce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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