cylinder

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin cylindrus from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kulindros).

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cylinder (plural cylinders)

1. (geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.

   When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both 'right and circular are usually implied.

2. (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
   • 1898 — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ch.4

     A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.

4. A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
5. A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas.
6. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.

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• Neapolitan: celéntra (1), cìlìndro (1)

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on cylinders

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• cylinder head
• fire on all cylinders

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• cylindrical

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cylinder c. (singular definite cylinderen, plural indefinite cylindere or cylindre)

1. cylinder

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Inflection for cylinder	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	cylinder	cylindern	cylindrar	cylindrarna
Possessive form	cylinders	cylinderns	cylindrars	cylindrarnas

cylinder c.

1. (geometry) cylinder

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• cylindrisk