English Explanatory Dictionary

cylinder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
  2. A 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. The 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. The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
verb
  1. To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/ /ˈsɪləndɚ/ [ˈsɪlɪ̈ndɚ] en-us-cylinder.ogg

Word forms

cylinder cylinders cylindering cylindered

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.

Derived words

axis cylinder bicylinder cylinderer cylinder function cylinder glass cylinder head cylinder-head-sector cylinderlike cylinder mower cylindraceous cylindric cylindrical cylindrification cylindrify cylindrite cylindroma demicylinder diving cylinder double cylinder fire on all cylinders graduated cylinder hemicylinder hypercylinder inside-cylinder master cylinder measuring cylinder microcylinder multicylinder nanocylinder Nessler cylinder noncylinder O'Neill cylinder opposed cylinder opposed piston opposed cylinder oxygen cylinder penicylinder relay cylinder renal cylinder reversing cylinder roasting cylinder semicylinder slave cylinder spherocylinder subcylinder Tipler cylinder tricylinder twisted cylinder two-cylinder
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