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Webster 1913 Edition
Cylinder
Cyl′in-der
(s?l′?n-d?r)
, Noun.
[F.
cylindre
, OF. cilindre
, L. cylindrus
, fr. Gr. κύλινδρος
, fr. κυλίνδειν
, κυλίειν
, to roll. Cf. 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 carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.
Cylinder axis
. (Anat.)
See
– Axis 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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Cylinder
CYLINDER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cylinder
cylinder
English
Noun
A drawing of a cylinder showing the height at the center.
cylinder (plural cylinders)
- (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.
- (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
- Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
- 1898 — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ch.4
- A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.
- 1898 — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ch.4
- A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
- 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.
Translations
geometry: surface
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geometry: solid
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any cylindrical object
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cavity or chamber
container
recording
part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds
See also
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
From Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).
Pronunciation
Noun
cylinder c (singular definite cylinderen, plural indefinite cylindere or cylindre)
Inflection
Inflection of cylinder
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | cylinder | cylinderen | cylindere cylindre |
cylinderne cylindrene |
| genitive | cylinders | cylinderens | cylinderes cylindres |
cylindernes cylindrenes |
Swedish
Noun
cylinder c
Declension
Declension of cylinder
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | cylinder | cylindern | cylindrar | cylindrarna |
| genitive | cylinders | cylinderns | cylindrars | cylindrarnas |
Related terms
- cylinderformig
- cylinderhatt
- cylinderlås
- cylinderpress
- cylindervolym
- cylindrisk
References
- cylinder in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)