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O'Neill cylinder
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English
Etymology
Proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space.
Noun
A proposed space settlement consisting of two cylinders that rotate to provide artificial gravity via centrifugal force.
Synonyms
en O'Neill colony
en Megastructures Space colonization
en eponyms