O'Neill cylinder
Meaning
Noun
- A proposed space settlement consisting of two cylinders that rotate to provide artificial gravity via centrifugal force.
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Origin
- Proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space.
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