[
UK
/sˈɪlɪndɐ/
]
[ US /ˈsɪɫəndɝ, ˈsɪɫɪndɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪɫəndɝ, ˈsɪɫɪndɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
- a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
- a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
- a chamber within which piston moves
How To Use cylinder In A Sentence
- A light tubular chassis with an inline 8 cylinder engine was made by cobbling a couple of sports engines together.
- A view of the steam-chest side of the cylinder is given in Figure 323, and a horizontal cross section of the cylinder, the steam-chest and the valves, is shown in Figure 324. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
- Conventional boilers heat up a store of water using a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard and a header tank somewhere high - usually the loft.
- Weight concerns mandated that the cylinder heads and crankcase are both made of cast aluminum.
- If the cylinder does not line up with the bore vertically, you are plumb out of luck since the base pin frame holes could be drilled crooked or the frame warped from heat treatment or stress.
- The difference in horsepower per cylinder is the cause of rough running at lean mixtures.
- Some two-long alkyl chain amphiphiles can adopt stable tubular structures including twist ribbons, helices, and cochleate cylinders in aqueous media.
- This resembles a cylinder lawnmower, and drives a drum to which sheets of abrasive paper are fitted.
- The cylinder incorporates a central spring loaded bushing that permits the cylinder to move forward and backward.
- Besides leaving salt deposits, rusting internal parts and causing valve damage, water in an engine also makes short work of pistons and cylinders.