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Cylinder   /sˈɪləndər/  /sˈɪlɪndər/   Listen
noun
Cylinder  n.  
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.





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"Cylinder" Quotes from Famous Books



... under a deadfall, knowing that it was poor protection against rifle fire. I hauled out the Bonanza and checked the cylinder. I didn't know which side I was going to shoot at, but that didn't bother me. I was going to shoot at the first side ...
— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith
... was reached and the hose properly directed into the cylinder, and while the water flowed in, Margaret put down the first batch, which was quite properly ...
— The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest - The Wig Wag Rescue • Lillian Garis
... I read it some Of these Brain-throbs Jumped over the fence, climbed a Telegraph pole, burst its Cylinder head, exploded all its Tires And then turned ...
— The Silly Syclopedia • Noah Lott
... a hydraulic chamber about 8 in. in diameter and 1 ft. high, the top being removable and containing a collar with suitable packing, through which a 21/2-in. piston moved freely up and down, the whole being similar to the cylinder and piston of a large hydraulic jack, as shown in Fig. 1, Plate XXVIII. Just below the collar and above the chamber there was a 1/2-in. inlet leading to a copper pipe and thence to a high-pressure pump. Attached to this there was a gauge to show the pressure ...
— Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth • J. C. Meem
... blue eyes, which did not twinkle behind his rimless glasses and looked unused to not twinkling. His gravity clothed him like an ill-fitting coat; or, possibly, he might have reminded the imaginative observer, just now conjured up, of a music-box set to turning its cylinder backwards. ...
— The Gentleman From Indiana • Booth Tarkington


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