cylinder
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noun- 1.
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both right and circular are usually implied.
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(geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
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Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
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A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
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(automotive) The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
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A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
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An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
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The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
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(computing) The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.
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qsb-grc From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος, from κυλίνδω "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). calander calender.