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Definitions for Cylinder

[1] Geometry . a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane perpendicular or oblique to the given planes.
[2] any cylinderlike object or part, whether solid or hollow.
[3] the rotating part of a revolver, containing the chambers for the cartridges.
[4] (in a pump) a cylindrical chamber in which a piston slides to move or compress a fluid.
[5] (in an engine) a cylindrical chamber in which the pressure of a gas or liquid moves a sliding piston.
[6] (in certain printing presses) a rotating cylinder that produces the impression and under which a flat form to be printed from passes. either of two cylinders, one carrying a curved form or plate to be printed from, that rotate against each other in opposite directions.
[7] (in certain locks) a cylindrical device for retaining the bolt until tumblers have been pushed out of its way.
[8] (in a screw or cylindrical gear) an imaginary cylindrical form, concentric to the axis, defining the pitch or the inner or outer ends of the threads or teeth.
[9] Computers . the tracks of a magnetic disk that are accessible from a single radial position of the access mechanism.
[10] Textiles . the main roller on a carding machine, especially the roller covered with card clothing that works in combination with the worker and stripper rollers in carding fibers.
[11] Archaeology . a cylindrical or somewhat barrel-shaped stone or clay object bearing a cuneiform inscription or a carved design, worn by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and kindred peoples as a seal and amulet.
[12] to furnish with a cylinder or cylinders.
[13] to subject to the action of a cylinder or cylinders.
[14] a solid consisting of two parallel planes bounded by identical closed curves, usually circles, that are interconnected at every point by a set of parallel lines, usually perpendicular to the planes. Volume base area × length
[15] a surface formed by a line moving round a closed plane curve at a fixed angle to it
[16] any object shaped like a cylinder
[17] the chamber in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the piston moves See also cylinder block
[18] the rotating mechanism of a revolver, situated behind the barrel and containing cartridge chambers
[19] printing any of the rotating drums on a printing press
[20] Also called: cylinder seal a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
[21] Also called: hot-water cylinder British a vertical cylindrical tank for storing hot water, esp an insulated one made of copper used in a domestic hot-water system
[22] firing on all cylinders working or performing at full capability
[23] (tr) to provide (a system) with cylinders

Words related to Cylinder

barrel

Words nearby Cylinder

cygnus, cygnus a, cygnus x-1, cyke, cyl., cylinder, cylinder barrel, cylinder block, cylinder desk, cylinder front, cylinder glass

Origin of Cylinder

1560–70; < Latin cylindrus < Greek kýlindros roller, cylinder, akin to kylíndein to roll

Other words from Cylinder

cyl·in·der·like , adjective

Word origin for Cylinder

C16: from Latin cylindrus, from Greek kulindros a roller, from kulindein to roll

Synonyms for Cylinder

barrel, circular solid, volumetric curve