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Cylinder   /sˈɪləndər/  /sˈɪlɪndər/   Listen
noun
Cylinder  n.  
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 the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular.
(b)
The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.
2.
Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as:
(a)
The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam.
(b)
The barrel of an air or other pump.
(c)
(Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press.
(d)
The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.
3.
The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.
Cylinder axis. (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.
Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers.
Cylinder escapement. See Escapement.
Cylinder glass. See Glass.
Cylinder mill. See Roller mill.
Cylinder press. See Press.





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"Cylinder" Quotes from Famous Books



... he hoped to produce a long hole of light about three feet in diameter and as deep as it was possible to make it descend, in which he could see all the various strata and deposits of which the earth is composed. How far he could send down this piercing cylinder of light he did not allow himself to consider. With a small and imperfect machine he had seen several feet into the ground; with a great and powerful apparatus, such as he was now constructing, why should he not look down below the deepest point ...
— The Great Stone of Sardis • Frank R. Stockton
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... generator is quite small, provided the carbide container is so constructed as to possess the maximum of superficial area with the minimum of cubical capacity (a geometrical form to which the sphere, and in one direction the cylinder, are diametrically opposed), and provided the walls of the container do not become coated internally or externally with a coating of lime or water scale so as to diminish in heat- transmitting power, an apparatus designed ...
— Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use • F. H. Leeds and W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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... overtake 'em," old Mike Train muttered, savagely twirling the cylinder of his ancient .45. "Blacksnake's gang can't make fast time with those steers. He's probably drivin' 'em to Gentleman John's headquarters at ...
— Kid Wolf of Texas - A Western Story • Ward M. Stevens
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... started walking toward the house, Sam ran back into his study, pulled open his desk drawer, and took out the .38 Special he kept there. It was the work of seconds to thumb six cartridges into the chambers and swing the cylinder shut. ...
— Damned If You Don't • Gordon Randall Garrett
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... pair of saddle-bags hung on the iron bedstead. Other furniture was a chair, a scratched and battered washstand, a cracked mirror. Standing by the washstand Cheyenne took his gun from its holster, half-cocked it, and punched out the loaded cartridges. He pulled the pin, pushed the cylinder out with his thumb, and examined it against the light. Carefully he cleaned and replaced the cylinder, reloaded it, held the hammer back, and spun the cylinder with his hand. Finally he thrust the gun ...
— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs
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