cylinder
IPA: sˈɪɫʌndɝ
noun
- (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
- (transitive) To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.
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Examples of "cylinder" in Sentences
- The cylinder overlaps the body of the combine.
- This minimizes the deflection of the cylinders.
- The cylinder is then placed in the end fitting.
- Note the pronounced stagger of the cylinder banks.
- The cylinder is the cotangent bundle of the circle.
- A spout is attached to the side wall of the cylinder.
- The diameter of that cylinder is equal to the wingspan.
- As the coil is energized, the gas in the cylinder is excited.
- The contrivance consists of an outward cylinder and an inward cylinder.
- Lubrication to the cylinders was by cylinder taps mounted over the cylinders.