Definitions for cylinder
cylinder
cyl·in·der
Spelling: [sil-in-der]
IPA: /ˈsɪl ɪn dər/
Cylinder is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 250 anagrams from letters in cylinder (cdeilnry).
Definitions for cylinder
noun
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Geometry. a surface or solid bounded by two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane perpendicular or oblique to the given planes.
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any cylinderlike object or part, whether solid or hollow.
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the rotating part of a revolver, containing the chambers for the cartridges.
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(in a pump) a cylindrical chamber in which a piston slides to move or compress a fluid.
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(in an engine) a cylindrical chamber in which the pressure of a gas or liquid moves a sliding piston.
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a rotating cylinder that produces the impression and under which a flat form to be printed from passes.
either of two cylinders, one carrying a curved form or plate to be printed from, that rotate against each other in opposite directions.
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(in certain locks) a cylindrical device for retaining the bolt until tumblers have been pushed out of its way.
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(in a screw or cylindrical gear) an imaginary cylindrical form, concentric to the axis, defining the pitch or the inner or outer ends of the threads or teeth.
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Computers. the tracks of a magnetic disk that are accessible from a single radial position of the access mechanism.
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Textiles. the main roller on a carding machine, especially the roller covered with card clothing that works in combination with the worker and stripper rollers in carding fibers.
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Archaeology. a cylindrical or somewhat barrel-shaped stone or clay object bearing a cuneiform inscription or a carved design, worn by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and kindred peoples as a seal and amulet.
verb (used with object)
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to furnish with a cylinder or cylinders.
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to subject to the action of a cylinder or cylinders.
Origin of cylinder
1560-70; Latin cylindrus Greek kýlindros roller, cylinder, akin to kylíndein to roll
Examples for cylinder
That cylinder is in a chamber within the satellite, not unlike an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
The holes G which are bored around the cylinder are the exhaust ports.
This cylinder block is soldered to the piston as shown in Fig. 56.
The point of having lots of businesses under one roof is that not every unit will fire on every cylinder in every quarter.
He employed a cylinder 12 centimeters in diameter fitted with a piston.
His assistant then turned the cock and shut off the gas from the cylinder.
If steam is forced into the cylinder the piston will be forced to the opposite end of the cylinder.
He trades Pearl, 12, to a neighbor for some quilts, not quite a gallon of cylinder oil, and $7.
Agate was widely used to carve high-value objects like signets and cylinder seals in the ancient Near East.
When we step into that cylinder of dry air and certain doom, all we can think is what it will be like when it crashes.