cylinder
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin cylindrus from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kulindros).
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cylinder (plural cylinders)
- (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.
- (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
- 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.
- 1898 — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ch.4
- A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
- A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas.
- An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
[edit] Translations
geometry: surface
geometry: solid
any cylindrical object
cavity or chamber
container
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cylinder c. (singular definite cylinderen, plural indefinite cylindere or cylindre)
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Inflection of “cylinder”
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | cylinder | cylinderen | cylindere cylindre |
cylinderne cylindrene |
| genitive | cylinders | cylinderens | cylinderes cylindres |
cylindernes cylindrenes |
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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.
- (geometry) cylinder