Cylinder

Etymology
From cylindrus:, from  κύλινδρος:.

Noun



 * 1)  A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
 * When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both 'right and circular are usually implied.
 * 1)  A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
 * 2) Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
 * 3) * 1898 — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ch.4
 * A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.
 * 1) A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
 * 2) A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas.
 * 3) An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
 * 4) the part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges

Translations

 * Armenian: գլան (gëlan)
 * Bulgarian: цилиндър
 * Czech: válcová plocha
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: lieriö, ympyrälieriö
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κύλινδρος
 * Hungarian:


 * Irish: sorcóir
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: valec
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 * Armenian: գլան (gëlan)
 * Bengali: বেলন
 * Bulgarian: цилиндър
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: lieriö, ympyrälieriö, sylinteri
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κύλινδρος


 * Ido:
 * Irish: sorcóir soladach
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: valjak, stublina
 * Slovak: valec
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian: գլան (gëlan)
 * Bulgarian: валяк
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κύλινδρος


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: valec
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: цилиндър
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: Zylinder, Brennkammer
 * Greek: κύλινδρος
 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: цилиндр (engine cylinder)
 * Spanish:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κύλινδρος


 * Hebrew:
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 * German: ,
 * Greek: κύλινδρος


 * Russian:


 * Dutch: trommel


 * : celéntra (1), cìlìndro (1)

Derived terms

 * cylinder head
 * fire on all cylinders

Related terms

 * cylindrical

Etymology
From cylindrus:, from  κύλινδρος:.

Pronunciation

 * or

Noun

 * 1) cylinder

Noun
cylinder


 * 1)  cylinder

Related terms

 * cylindrisk

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