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Muff :: Muff (n.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

Broad :: Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Wall :: Wall (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a steam-engine cylinder..

Piston :: Piston (n.) A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes..

Cylindrometric :: Cylindrometric (a.) Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.

Conico- :: Conico- (a.) A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate..

Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center..

Ribbed :: Ribbed (a.) Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth..

Beam :: Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam..

Noncondensing :: Noncondensing (a.) Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

Tribolet :: Tribolet (n.) A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine..

Turtle :: Turtle (n.) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

Hoop :: Hoop (n.) A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

Rib :: Rib (n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) A fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the fulcrum of a lever, etc..

Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

Accumulator :: Accumulator (n.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc..

Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission..

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