Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

o'neill cylinder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: o'neil-l -cylin-der
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proposed space settlement consisting of two cylinders that rotate to provide artificial gravity via centrifugal force.

Etymology

Proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space.

Inflected Forms

O'Neill cylinders (plural)

Synonyms

O'Neill colony

Questions

What does o'neill cylinder mean?: A proposed space settlement consisting of two cylinders that rotate to provide artificial gravity via centrifugal force.
Where does o'neill cylinder come from?: Proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space.

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