cylinder
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cylinder
- /ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈsɪləndɚ/ US
- [ˈsɪlɪ̈ndɚ] US
Where it comes from
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.
noun cylinders
- 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.
- A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
- Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.
- A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
- The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
- A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
- An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
- The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
- The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
verb cylinders · cylindering · cylindered
- To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: piston chamber, cylindrical, actuator, quart, bomb, specimen, circuit, container, reservoir, old-timer, autoclaving, autoclave, sterilizer, pump, piston, roller
Translations
Every language
noun geometry: surface
| Español | cilindro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 원기둥 won'gidung, 실린더 sillindeo, 원통 wontong |
| 日本語 | 円柱 enchū, シリンダー shirindā |
| 中文 | 圓柱體 /圆柱体 yuánzhùtǐ, 圓柱 /圆柱 yuánzhù |
| हिन्दी | सिलिंडर siliṇḍar |
| Português | cilindro |
| Français | cylindre |
| Deutsch | Zylinder |
| Italiano | cilindro |
| Ελληνικά | κύλινδρος kýlindros |
| Română | cilindru |
| Русский | цили́ндр cilíndr |
| Tiếng Việt | hình trụ tròn |
| العربية | أُسْطُوَانَة ʔusṭuwāna |
| עברית | גָּלִיל galíl |
noun geometry: solid
| Español | cilindro |
|---|---|
| Português | cilindro |
| Français | cylindre |
| Deutsch | Zylinder |
| Italiano | cilindro |
| Ελληνικά | κύλινδρος kýlindros |
| Română | cilindru |
| Русский | цили́ндр cilíndr |
noun any cylindrical object
| Español | cilindro |
|---|---|
| Português | cilindro |
| Français | cylindre |
| Deutsch | Zylinder |
| Italiano | cilindro |
| Ελληνικά | κύλινδρος kýlindros |
| Română | cilindru |
| Русский | цили́ндр cilíndr, ва́лик válik |
| עברית | גָּלִיל ga'lil |
noun cavity or chamber
| Español | cilindro |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 気筒 kitō |
| Português | cilindro |
| Français | cylindre |
| Deutsch | Zylinder, Brennkammer |
| Italiano | cilindro |
| Ελληνικά | κύλινδρος kýlindros |
| Русский | цили́ндр cilíndr |
| עברית | גָּלִיל ga'lil |
noun the space in which a piston travels
| Español | cilindro |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 氣缸 /气缸 qìgāng |
| Français | cylindre, vérin |
| Deutsch | Zylinder |
| Tiếng Việt | xi lanh, xi-lanh |
noun container
| Español | cilindro, bombona, garrafa |
|---|---|
| Português | botijão, botija, bujão |
| Français | bonbonne |
| Deutsch | Zylinder |
| Ελληνικά | κύλινδρος kýlindros |
| Русский | балло́н ballón, цили́ндр cilíndr, бидо́н bidón, бараба́н barabán |
| עברית | גָּלִיל ga'lil |
Talk about this word "cylinder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cylinder. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cylinder. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cylinder "cylinder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cylinder.Cite this
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title = {cylinder},
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