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1. Cylinder
   [firearms] In firearms terminology, the Cylinder refers to the cylindrical, rotating part of a revolver containing multiple cartridge chambers. The cylinder revolves around a central axis in the revolver to bring each individual chamber into alignment with the barrel for firing. Each time th...
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2. Cylinder
   [locomotive] The cylinders of a steam locomotive are the components that convert the power stored in the steam into motion. Cylinders may be arranged in several different ways. ==Early locomotives== On early locomotives (e.g. Puffing Billy) the cylinders were often set vertical and the motio...
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3. cylinder
   (cyl., C) Type: Term Pronunciation: sil′in-der Definitions: 1. A cylindric or rodlike renal cast. 2. A cylindric metal container for gases stored under high pressure. See: cylindric lens
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. Cylinder
   A right angle circular cylinder.
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8. 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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9. 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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10. cylinder
    A solid figure with two parallel bases that are congruent circles
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11. 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) •...
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12. 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....
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13. 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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14. cylinder
    noun a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
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15. cylinder
    noun a chamber within which piston moves
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16. 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 s...
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17. 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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18. 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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19. cylinder
    in mechanical engineering, chamber of an engine in which a piston moves. See piston and cylinder.[7 related articles]
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20. Cylinder
    [disk drive] A disk drive cylinder is a division of data in a disk drive, as used in the CHS addressing mode of a Fixed Block Architecture disk or the cylinder–head–record (CCHHR) addressing mode of a CKD disk. The concept is concentric, hollow, cylindrical slices through the physical di...
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21. Cylinder
    [engine] A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank, or engine block, which is typically cast from aluminum or cast iron before receiving precision machine work...
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22. Cylinder
    [geometry] A cylinder (from Greek κύλινδρος - kulindros, "roller, tumbler") is one of the most basic curvilinear geometric shapes, the surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given line segment, the axis of the cylinder. The solid enclosed by this surface and by two ...
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23. Cylinder
    Cylinder most commonly refers to: Cylinder may also refer to: ==Science and technology== ===Information storage=== ===Mathematics=== ==Places== ...
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24. CYLINDER
    The cylindrical surface formed by identical track numbers on vertically stacked discs. At any location of the head positioning arm, all tracks under all heads are the cylinder. The cylinder number is one of the three address components required to find a specific address. The other two are head number and sector number.
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25. cylinder
    the imaginary area directly above the basket where goaltending or basket interference can occur.
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