ALL meanings of cylinder
cyl·in·der
C c - countable noun cylinder A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides. 3
- countable noun cylinder A gas cylinder is a cylinder-shaped container in which gas is kept under pressure. 3
- countable noun cylinder In an engine, a cylinder is a cylinder-shaped part in which a piston moves backwards and forwards. 3
- noun cylinder a solid consisting of two parallel planes bounded by identical closed curves, usually circles, that are interconnected at every point by a set of parallel lines, usually perpendicular to the planes. Volume base area × length 3
- noun cylinder a surface formed by a line moving round a closed plane curve at a fixed angle to it 3
- noun cylinder any object shaped like a cylinder 3
- noun cylinder the chamber in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the piston moves 3
- noun cylinder the rotating mechanism of a revolver, situated behind the barrel and containing cartridge chambers 3
- noun cylinder any of the rotating drums on a printing press 3
- noun cylinder a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc 3
- noun cylinder a vertical cylindrical tank for storing hot water, esp an insulated one made of copper used in a domestic hot-water system 3
- verb cylinder to provide (a system) with cylinders 3
- noun cylinder in geometry, a solid figure consisting of two parallel bases in the form of congruent, closed curves joined by a smooth, continuous, closed surface; specif., such a figure (right circular cylinder) having circular bases and a surface perpendicular to the bases 3
- noun cylinder the surface of such a solid 3
- noun cylinder anything having the shape of a cylinder, whether hollow or solid 3
- noun cylinder the turning part of a revolver, containing chambers for cartridges 3
- noun cylinder the chamber in which the piston moves in a reciprocating engine 3
- noun cylinder the barrel of a pump 3
- noun cylinder on a printing press, a roller carrying the printing plates or the part receiving the impression 3
- noun cylinder a large, hollow, cylindrical clay object with cuneiform inscriptions, or a similar small stone worn on the wrist in ancient times in the Middle East 3
- noun cylinder In an engine, a cylinder is a part with flat circular ends and long straight sides in which a piston moves backward and forward. 3
- noun cylinder A cylinder is a cavity of circular cross-section that contains a moving piston, for example in an internal combustion engine. 3
- noun Technical meaning of cylinder (storage) The set of tracks on a multi-headed disk that may be accessed without head movement. That is, the collection of disk tracks which are the same distance from the spindle about which the disks rotate. Each such group forms the shape of a cylinder. Placing data that are likely to be accessed together in cylinders reduces the access significantly as head movement (seeking) is slow compared to disk rotation and switching between heads. 1
- noun cylinder tube shape 1
- noun cylinder cylindrical container 1
- noun cylinder A solid geometric figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval section. 1
- noun cylinder Geometry. a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane perpendicular or oblique to the given planes. 1
- noun cylinder any cylinderlike object or part, whether solid or hollow. 1
- noun cylinder the rotating part of a revolver, containing the chambers for the cartridges. 1
- noun cylinder (in a pump) a cylindrical chamber in which a piston slides to move or compress a fluid. 1
- noun cylinder (in an engine) a cylindrical chamber in which the pressure of a gas or liquid moves a sliding piston. 1
- noun cylinder a rotating cylinder that produces the impression and under which a flat form to be printed from passes. either of two cylinders, one carrying a curved form or plate to be printed from, that rotate against each other in opposite directions. 1
- noun cylinder (in certain locks) a cylindrical device for retaining the bolt until tumblers have been pushed out of its way. 1
- noun cylinder (in a screw or cylindrical gear) an imaginary cylindrical form, concentric to the axis, defining the pitch or the inner or outer ends of the threads or teeth. 1
- noun cylinder Computers. the tracks of a magnetic disk that are accessible from a single radial position of the access mechanism. 1
- noun cylinder Textiles. the main roller on a carding machine, especially the roller covered with card clothing that works in combination with the worker and stripper rollers in carding fibers. 1
- noun cylinder Archaeology. a cylindrical or somewhat barrel-shaped stone or clay object bearing a cuneiform inscription or a carved design, worn by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and kindred peoples as a seal and amulet. 1
- verb with object cylinder to furnish with a cylinder or cylinders. 1
- verb with object cylinder to subject to the action of a cylinder or cylinders. 1
- noun cylinder (geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. 0
- noun cylinder (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder. 0
- noun cylinder Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. 0
- noun cylinder A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine. 0
- noun cylinder A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas. 0
- noun cylinder An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder. 0
- noun cylinder The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges. 0
- noun cylinder (computing) The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity. 0