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The altitude of a cylinder is the perpendicular distance between the bases. A circular cylinder is a cylinder whose base is a circle.

Elements of Mechanical Drawing - Page 26
by Gardner Chace Anthony - 1894 - 98 pages
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Schultze and Sevenoak's Plane and Solid Geometry

Arthur Schultze, Frank Louis Sevenoak - Geometry - 1913 - 484 pages

...643. DBF. An oblique cylinder is one whose elements are oblique to the bases. BIGHT CYLINDER 644. DBF. The altitude of a cylinder is the perpendicular distance between the bases. 645. DBF. A straight line is tangent to a cylinder, if the line touches the lateral surface in one...

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