cylinder
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cylinder /ˈsɪlɪndə/
▶noun
- 1 a three-dimensional shape with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.
- 2 a piston chamber in a steam or internal-combustion engine.
- 3 a cylindrical container for liquefied gas under pressure.
- 4 a rotating metal drum in a printing press.
– derivatives
cylindric /səˈlɪndrɪk/ adjective,
cylindrical /səˈlɪndrɪk(ə)l/ adjective,
cylindrically adverb.
cylindric /səˈlɪndrɪk/ adjective,
cylindrical /səˈlɪndrɪk(ə)l/ adjective,
cylindrically adverb.
– origin C16: from L. cylindrus, from Gk kulindros ‘roller’.
'cylinder' also found in these Oxford entries:
backfire
- barrel organ
- barrel vault
- block
- bobbin
- bottle
- brake drum
- candle
- cannon
- capacity
- capstan
- cigar
- cigarette
- compression ratio
- cracker
- cylinder head
- cylinder seal
- diesel
- direct injection
- expansion
- flathead
- head gasket
- helix
- hemicylindrical
- hole saw
- lamp chimney
- Mercator projection
- mixture
- multivalve
- oblique
- oil engine
- petcock
- piston
- piston ring
- pontoon
- pot
- prayer wheel
- primer
- reel
- roll
- roller
- rolling pin
- rotary press
- round
- Russian roulette
- scavenge
- screw
- semi-cylinder
- side drum
