cylinder : Idioms & Phrases


Axis cylinder

  • (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central substance of a nerve fiber; called also axis band, axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
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brake cylinder

  • noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
    brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder.
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Cylinder axis

  • . (Anat.) SeeAxis cylinder, under Axis.
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cylinder block

  • noun a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
    engine block; block.
    • the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked
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Cylinder engine

  • (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers.
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Cylinder escapement

  • . See Escapement.
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Cylinder glass

  • . See Glass.
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cylinder head

  • noun a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump
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cylinder lock

  • noun a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate
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Cylinder mill

  • . See Roller mill.
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Cylinder press

  • noun a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type
    flatbed press.
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  • . See Press.
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element of a cylinder

  • noun a straight line running the length of the cylinder
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graduated cylinder

  • noun a cylindrical graduate
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hydraulic brake cylinder

  • noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
    brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder.
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master cylinder

  • noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
    brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder.
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Pattern box, chain, ∨ cylinder

  • (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure.
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Right cone, Right cylinder, Right prism, Right pyramid

  • (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base.
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Steam cylinder

  • the cylinder of a steam engine, which contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under Slide.
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