cylinder
pronunciation
How to pronounce cylinder in British English:
UK [ˈsɪlɪndə(r)]
How to pronounce cylinder in American English:
US [ˈsɪlɪndər]
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- Noun:
- a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
- a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
- a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
- a chamber within which piston moves
Word Origin
- cylinder (n.)
- 1560s, from Middle French cylindre (14c.), from Latin cylindrus "roller, cylinder," from Greek kylindros "a cylinder, roller, roll," from kylindein "to roll," which is of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. The researchers placed hollow paper pyramids inside the cylinder .
- 2. By an 1889 international accord , the mass of this metal cylinder defines the kilogram .
- 3. The shell serves to cushion the cylinder , and thus stop it damaging the bladder 's inner wall .
- 4. This is a cylinder composed solely of carbon atoms , and one of its properties is good electrical conductivity .
- 5. In a laboratory vault outside paris is a small cylinder of platinumiridium alloy that serves as the standard for all mass measurements worldwide .