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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cylinder

Summary

cylinder has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • cylinder is a type of analytic manifold[2].
  • cylinder is a type of cylinder[3].
  • cylinder is a type of geometric primitive[4].
  • cylinder's Commons category is recorded as Cylinders[5].
  • cylinder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cylinders[6].
  • cylinder's Commons gallery is recorded as Cylinder (geometry)[7].
  • cylinder's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • cylinder's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • cylinder's has characteristic is recorded as diameter[10].
  • cylinder's different from is recorded as cylinder[11].
  • cylinder's different from is recorded as cylinder[12].
  • cylinder's different from is recorded as circular cylinder[13].
  • cylinder's studied by is recorded as solid geometry[14].
  • cylinder's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • cylinder's Euler characteristic is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include analytic manifold[2], cylinder[3], and geometric primitive[4].

Influence

Things named for cylinder include cylindrite[17], a mineral species[18].

Why It Matters

cylinder has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] cylinder is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for cylinder include cylindrite[17], a mineral species[18].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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