cylinder

Meaning

Noun

1. A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
2. A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
4. A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
5. The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
6. A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
7. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
8. The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
9. The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.

Verb

To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.

Synonyms

tube

barrel

roller

pipe

column

roll

piston chamber

shaft

bottle

swift

cylindrical surface

shell

🐚

drum

🥁

reel

cylindroid

drying

flute

🪈

gas tank

graduated cylinder

handle

jar

🫙

jug

kong

magazine

main body

measuring cylinder

platen

pole

pump

quiver

reservoir

rod

rolling pin

shank

spindle

spool

steam cylinder

stem

syringe

💉

telescope

🔭

top hat

top-hat

valse

waltz

cl

roller’

air cylinder

podetium

stylidium

cylindrical object

Translations

Zylinder

cylindre

cilindro

cilindro

cilindro

cilinder

κύλινδρος

cilindre

silindir

cylinder

cylindrus

rol

Walze

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender.

Sentences

A large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered .

The end of the cylinder was still as Ogilvy and Henderson had left it .