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Cylinder  

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  • 1. A surface formed by circles of a given radius that are contained in a plane perpendicular to a given axis, whose centers align on the axis. (NCI Thesaurus OBO Edition). 2. A surface formed by circles of a given radius that are contained in a plane perpendicular to a given axis, whose centers align on the axis. (Ontobee, NCI Thesaurus OBO Edition ). 3. a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane perpendicular or oblique to the given planes. (dictionary.com)

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