cylinder
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/
The English word “cylinder” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
- 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.
- 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.
- The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
verb
Etymology
From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender.
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