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O'Neill cylinder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

O'Neill cylinder O'Neill cylinders

Etymology

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

Synonyms

O'Neill colony
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