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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



... while it lasted! And it was only just starting. Every new call he got to another university was at a salary from one to two thousand dollars more than what we were getting, even at Seattle. It looked as if our days of financial scrimping were gone forever. We even discussed a Ford! nay—even a four-cylinder Buick! And every other Sunday we had fricasseed chicken, and always, always a frosting on the cake. For the first two months in Seattle we felt as if we ought to have company at every meal. It did not seem right ...
— An American Idyll - The Life of Carleton H. Parker • Cornelia Stratton Parker
... on the 29th had driven up to it with the boy in a furniture wagon. A curious neighbour, interested in the advent of a newcomer, saw the wagon arrive, and was somewhat astonished to observe that the only furniture taken into the house was a large iron cylinder stove. She was still further surprised when, on the following day, Mr. Hayes told her that he was not going after all to occupy the house, and made her a ...
— A Book of Remarkable Criminals • H. B. Irving
... there was seen by the people of Renfusa, (a city upon the eastern coast of our island,) within night, (the night was cloudy, and calm,) as it might be some mile into the sea, a great pillar of light; not sharp, but in form of a column, or cylinder, rising from the sea a great way up towards heaven; and on the top of it was seen a large cross of light, more bright and resplendent than the body of the pillar. Upon which so strange a spectacle, the people of the city gathered ...
— The New Atlantis • Francis Bacon
... Practice. Using the Dividers. Finding Centers. Hack-saw Practice. Cutting Metal True. Lathe Work. First Steps. Setting the Tool. Metals Used. The Four Important Things. Turning Up a Cylinder. Turning Grooves. ...
— Practical Mechanics for Boys • J. S. Zerbe
... set industriously to gathering driftwood, which they brought back to heap on the sand. Dane, watching that harvest, caught sight of a smoothly polished length. He called Weeks' attention to the water rounded cylinder. ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton


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