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cylinder

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As a noun, cylinder means a surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. As a verb, it means calender.

Meanings of cylinder

13 meanings

noun

  1. geometryA surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.

  2. geometryA solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.

  3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.

  4. A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.

  5. automotiveThe space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.

  6. A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.

  7. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.

  8. The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.

  9. computingThe corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.

  10. A surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

  11. A chamber within which piston moves

    Similar: piston chamber

  12. A cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air

verb

  1. To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a chamber within which piston moves
piston chamber

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