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cylinder /ˈsɪlɪndə /noun1A solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.Narnia uses stencil shadows generated from implicit geometry representations such as cylinders and ellipsoids, and also extruded polygons....- He goes on to consider solid geometry giving results on prisms, cylinders, and spheres.
- Simple geometrical arrangements such as an ellipsoid or a cylinder are often used to gauge the shape of particles such as micelles and proteins.
1.1A solid or hollow body, object, or part having the shape of a cylinder.Form the marzipan into a cylinder the same length as the stollen dough....- The cell body is actually a cylinder capped at both ends by hemispheres and the radius of the flagellum helix is smaller than that of the cell body.
- Many materials scientists predict that the tiny, hollow cylinders of carbon atoms known as carbon nanotubes will eventually lead to a new generation of supersmall transistors.
2A piston chamber in a steam or internal combustion engine.Think of a cylinder and a piston in an old steam engine....- When a cylinder fires, the piston rod is at an angle and can immediately turn the crankshaft via the cam at the end of the pivoting arm.
- With both valves closed following combustion, the pistons in those cylinders come up and compress the exhaust gases instead of pumping them out.
3A cylinder-shaped container holding liquefied gas under pressure.The fuel cell unit with a power output of 200 kW and the pressurized gas cylinders containing compressed hydrogen are accommodated on the roof....- Residents from around 200 houses in Colne had to leave their properties at 8pm after a fire at a block of garages containing cylinders of highly explosive gas on Tuesday night.
- Residents were forced to evacuate their Eastwood homes after a field fire swept through garden sheds containing potentially explosive gas cylinders.
4A rotating metal roller in a printing press. 5 Archaeology A cylinder seal. OriginLate 16th century: from Latin cylindrus, from Greek kulindros 'roller', from kulindein 'to roll'. |