Look up: Cylinder

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   Cylinder
   Cylinder is a city in Palo Alto County Iowa, USA
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   cylinder
   [n] - a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line 2. [n] - a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) 3. [n] - a chamber within which piston moves 4. [n] - a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
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   Cylinder
   A type of escapement, especially popular in Switzerland between about 1840 and 1890, in which the teeth of the escape- wheel interact with a cut-away cylinder which forms part of the balance-staff.
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   cylinder
   The same-numbered tracks of all the platters in a drive make up a cylinder. Cylinder 1 is all Track 1s, cylinder 2 is all Track 2s, etc.
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   Cylinder
   A right angle circular cylinder.
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   Cylinder
   A hollow cylindrical-shaped device in which the power of a reciprocating engine is developed. In the case of a steam engine, it is here that the power of the steam is converted to mechanical motion.
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   Cylinder
   Most rollers in the printing press are called rolls with the exception of ones on which the rubber plates are mounted, and the one which receives the impression. These are usually referred to as cylinders, i.e., plate cylinder, impression cylinder.
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   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 signif...
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   cylinder
   A solid figure with two parallel bases that are congruent circles
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    cylinder
    1.in a disk pack, the set of all tracks with the same nominal distance from the axis about which the disk pack rotates; 2.the tracks of a disk storage device that can be accessed without repositioning the access mechanism Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the portion of a cylinder lock that contains the tumblers and keyhole. Category: Domestic econom...
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    Cylinder
    Definition (advanced level) A solid with two identical parallel plane faces, and one curved face. If the line joining the centres of the plane face is perpendicular to the plane faces, it is a right cylinder.<br />If the plane faces are circles, it is a circular cylinder.
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    Cylinder
    Definition (keystage 1) A 3 dimensional shape with 3 faces. It looks like a tube with closed circular ends. <br /> Tins of food are good examples of cylinders.
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    Cylinder
    Definition (keystage 3) A solid, whose ends are two parallel circles of equal size and which are joined together by a curved surface.<br /> Tins of food are good examples of cylinders.
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    Cylinder
    Cyl'in·der noun [ French cylindre , Old French cilindre , Latin cylindrus , from Greek ky`lindros , from kyli`ndein , kyli`ein , to roll. Confer Calender the machine.] 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 t ...
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    cylinder
    1. A cylindrical lens. ... 2. A cylindrical or rodlike renal cast. ... 3. A cylindrical metal container for gases stored under high pressure. ... Origin: G. Kylindros, a roll ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    cylinder
    noun a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
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    cylinder
    noun a chamber within which piston moves
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    Cylinder
    `Cylinder` may refer to: * Cylinder (geometry), a three-dimensional geometric surface * Cylinder (algebra), the cartesian product of a set with its superset * Cylinder (engine), the space within which a piston travels in an engine * Cylinder (steam locomotive) * Cylinder (computer), a unit of data division on a hard disk drive * Hydraulic cylinder, a cylinder barrel with piston rod for pushing and pulling using pressurized fluid * Pneumatic cyli...
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    Cylinder
    • (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver. • (n.) The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom. • (n.) Any hollow body of cylindrical form • (n.) The barrel of an air or other pump. • (n.) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in l...
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    cylinder
    (from the article `telephone and telephone system`) ...facsimile transmission. The demonstration took place in 1851 at the World`s Fair in London. Blakewell`s system differed somewhat from Bain`s in ...
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    cylinder
    in geometry, surface of revolution that is traced by a straight line (the generatrix) that always moves parallel to itself or some fixed line or ... [2 related articles]
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    cylinder
    in mechanical engineering, chamber of an engine in which a piston moves. See piston and cylinder.[7 related articles]
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    cylinder
    the imaginary area directly above the basket where goaltending or basket interference can occur.
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    cylinder
    one of the casings of a steam turbine in which are located most stationary parts NOTE 1 - In a 3 cylinder turbine, following the input steam pressure, exist: - H.P. cylinder (high pressure) - I.P. cylinder (intermediate-pressure) - L.P. cylinder (low pressure). NOTE 2 - In a wider sense, both casing and rotor together may be called a cylinder.
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    cylinder
    A three-dimensional surface described by the Cartesian equation (x/a)² + (y/b)² = 1. If a = b then the surface is a circular cylinder, otherwise it is an elliptic cylinder. The cylinder is a degenerate quadric because at least one of the coordinates (i...
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