Meaning of cylinder in English

(Definition of cylinder from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of cylinder from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cylinder

cylinder
The main linear actuators of the pneumatic systems are cylinders.
The cylinders and the swing motor are activated by means of pressure and flow through the main valves.
The image of the work is very powerful and the interreflection of the circles creates illusory curving cylinders inside the work.
A possible way to do that is a z pinch consisting of two coaxial cylinders.
One part consists of five giant 'zambombas' (lion roars), made of barrels, measuring 1.30 metres and played by pneumatic cylinders.
Additionally, each finger has four degrees of freedom, eight independent strings and pneumatic cylinders.
Actuation of the lift and tilt hydraulic cylinders is achieved by specifying a valve position for lift and tilt respectively.
The small amount of refuse present at the time of sampling included gas cylinders, pipes, metal fragments, cans, glass, vehicle batteries, and empty fuel drums.
Further, the links of a redundant robot is in general longish and thus the cylinder's representation is convenient.
Phonograph cylinders were made of wax, and thus only withstood a very limited number of replayings before the groove was worn.
Each household had at least one, and often a few, hematite (iron oxide) cylinders.
The experiments were performed in acrylic plastic cylinders (25 cm high, 17 cm diameter), the top of which was covered with fine mesh screen.
The boundary conditions enable us to make some analytical progress in determining the flow between the cylinders.
To conclude, there evidently is no precisely definable loss of stability, or onset of ribbing, in symmetric film-splitting between counter-rotating cylinders of finite length.
To conclude $2, the above methods are used to compute some secondary velocity profiles for two particular cylinders.
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Collocations with cylinder

cylinder

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aluminum cylinder
This engine utilizes a cast iron cylinder block and an aluminum cylinder head.
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circular cylinder
A classical example of vortex shedding develops when a circular cylinder is set into motion in the direction normal to its axis.
cylinder bore
They will continue to be taxed, as they are taxed now, on the basis of the cylinder bore.
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Translations of cylinder

in Chinese (Traditional)
形狀, 圓柱體, 圓柱狀物…
in Chinese (Simplified)
形状, 圆柱体, 圆柱状物…
in Spanish
cilindro, cilindro [masculine]…
in Portuguese
cilindro, cilindro [masculine]…
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円柱, 円筒(えんとう)…
silindir, merdane, (araç) silindir…
cylindre [masculine], cylindre, bouteille…
cilindre…
cilinder…
válec, bomba…
cylinder, beholder, tank…
silinder, tabung…
รูปทรงกระบอก, กระบอก…
hình trụ, trục, xi lanh…
cylinder, walec, butla…
cylinder, tub, rör…
silinder, blok, tangki silinder…
der Zylinder…
sylinder [masculine], sylinder, trommel…
원기둥, 원통…
циліндр, барабан, балон…
cilindro, bombola…
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