There are two types of cylinders.
Right Circular Cylinder: When the base of a right cylinder is a circle, it is called a right circular cylinder.
Oblique Cylinder: When the centers of the bases of a cylinder are not aligned directly one above the other, it is called an oblique cylinder.
Examples:
In the figure, r = radius of the base and h= height of the cylinder
A cylinder is mainly referred to a Right circular cylinder , if specifically not mentioned of t he type.
Great website by the way! If a right cylinder circle is called this, I feel that if the centers of a base is in the middle then it should be called a center cylinder circle, but I guess that would throw off all of the mathematicians out there, lol.
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