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Altitude of a Cylinder
Height of a Cylinder

The distance between the bases of a cylinder. Formally, the shortest line segment between the (possibly extended) bases. Altitude also refers to the length of this segment.

 

 

 

See also

Oblique cylinder, right cylinder, volume, surface area

 


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Mathwords: Terms and Formulas from Algebra I to Calculus
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