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Cylinder : (noun)
1: a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
2: a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel
planes (the bases)
3: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a
fixed line
4: a chamber within which piston moves [syn: piston chamber]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pattern box, chain, or cylinder (Figure Weaving),
devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the
picker in the proper succession for forming the figure.
Pattern card.
(a) A set of samples on a card.
(b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard
apparatus.
Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns.
Pattern wheel (Horology), a count-wheel.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cylinder : \Cyl"in*der\ (s?l"?n-d?r), n. [F. cylindre, OF.
cilindre, L. cylindrus, fr. Gr. ky`lindros, fr. kyli`ndein,
kyli`ein, to roll. Cf. Calender the machine.]
1. (Geom.)
(a) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of
a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of
rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is
oblong, and the cross section is circular.
(b) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The
space may be limited or unlimited in length.
2. Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as:
(a) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is
moved by the force of steam.
(b) The barrel of an air or other pump.
(c) (Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces
the impression or carries the type in a cylinder
press.
(d) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a
revolver.
3. The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a
Jacquard loom.
Cylinder axis. (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.
Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a
cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous
sheet to the dryers.
Cylinder escapement. See Escapement.
Cylinder glass. See Glass.
Cylinder mill. See Roller mill.
Cylinder press. See Press.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cylinder :
The set of tracks on a multi-headed disk that
may be accessed without head movement. That is, the
collection of disk tracks which are the same distance from the
spindle about which the disks rotate. Each such group forms
the shape of a cylinder. Placing data that are likely to be
accessed together in cylinders reduces the access
significantly as head movement ({seeking) is slow compared to
disk rotation and switching between heads.
(1997-07-15)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Cylinder, IA (city, FIPS 17985)
Location: 43.09041 N, 94.55126 W
Population (1990): 112 (53 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50528
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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