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CYLINDER
cylinder
(noun) a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
cylinder, piston chamber
(noun) a chamber within which piston moves
cylinder
(noun) a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
cylinder
(noun) a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cylinder (plural cylinders)
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
(geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
(automotive) The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
(computing) The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
Verb
cylinder (third-person singular simple present cylinders, present participle cylindering, simple past and past participle cylindered)
(transitive) To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.
Source: Wiktionary
Cyl"in*der (sl"n-dr), n. Etym: [F. cylindre, OF. cilindre, L. cylindrus, fr. Gr. Calender the machine.]
1. (Geom.) (a) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular. (b) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.
2. Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as: (a) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam. (b) The barrel of an air or other pump. (c) (Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press. (d) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.
3. The revolving square prism carryng the cards in a Jacquard loom. Cylinder axis. (Anat.) SeeAxis cylinder, under Axis.
– Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers.
– Cylinder escapement. See Escapement.
– Cylinder glass. See Glass.
– Cylinder mill. See Roller mill.
– Cylinder press. See Press.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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