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Definition of cylinder
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Cylinder
(n.) The
barrel
of an air or other pump.
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Jacket
::
"Jacket
(n.) An outer
covering
for
anything,
esp. a
covering
of some
nonconducting
material
such as wood or felt, used to
prevent
radiation
of heat, as from a steam
boiler,
cylinder,
pipe, etc..
Lag
::
Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.;
especially
(Mach.),
one of the
narrow
boards
or
staves
forming
the
covering
of a
cylindrical
object,
as a
boiler,
or the
cylinder
of a
carding
machine
or a steam
engine..
Cushion
::
Cushion
(n.) a mass of steam in the end of the
cylinder
of a steam
engine
to
receive
the
impact
of the
pisto.
Garrot
::
Garrot
(n.) A stick or small
wooden
cylinder
used for
tightening
a
bandage,
in order to
compress
the
arteries
of a
limb..
Nozzle
::
Nozzle
(n.) A short
outlet,
or
inlet,
pipe
projecting
from the end or side of a
hollow
vessel,
as a
steam-engine
cylinder
or a steam
boiler..
Urchin
::
Urchin
(n.) One of a pair in a
series
of small card
cylinders,
arranged
around
a
carding
drum; -- so
called
from its
fancied
resemblance
to the
hedgehog..
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..
Windlass
::
Windlass
(n.) A
machine
for
raising
weights,
consisting
of a
horizontal
cylinder
or
roller
moving
on its axis, and
turned
by a
crank,
lever,
or
similar
means,
so as to wind up a rope or chain
attached
to the
weight.
In
vessels
the
windlass
is often used
instead
of the
capstan
for
raising
the
anchor.
It is
usually
set upon the
forecastle,
and is
worked
by hand or
steam..
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..
Ribbed
::
Ribbed
(a.)
Furnished
or
formed
with ribs; as, a
ribbed
cylinder;
ribbed
cloth..
Lagging
::
Lagging
(n.) The
clothing
(esp.,
an
outer,
wooden
covering),
as of a steam
cylinder,
applied
to
prevent
the
radiation
of heat; a
covering
of lags; --
called
also
deading
and
cleading..
Bobbin
::
Bobbin
(n.) A small pin, or
cylinder,
formerly
of bone, now most
commonly
of wood, used in the
making
of
pillow
lace. Each
thread
is wound on a
separate
bobbin
which hangs down
holding
the
thread
at a
slight
tension..
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..
Gig
::
Gig (n.) A
rotatory
cylinder,
covered
with wire teeth or
teasels,
for
teaseling
woolen
cloth..
Bottom
::
Bottom
(v. i.) To reach or
impinge
against
the
bottom,
so as to
impede
free
action,
as when the point of a cog
strikes
the
bottom
of a space
between
two other cogs, or a
piston
the end of a
cylinder..
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.
Bow Net
::
Bow net () A trap for
lobsters,
being a
wickerwork
cylinder
with a
funnel-shaped
entrance
at one end..
Phonautograph
::
Phonautograph
(n.) An
instrument
by means of which a sound can be made to
produce
a
visible
trace or
record
of
itself.
It
consists
essentially
of a
resonant
vessel,
usually
of
paraboloidal
form,
closed
at one end by a
flexible
membrane.
A
stylus
attached
to some point of the
membrane
records
the
movements
of the
latter,
as it
vibrates,
upon a
moving
cylinder
or
plate..
Screw
::
Screw (n.) A
cylinder,
or a
cylindrical
perforation,
having
a
continuous
rib,
called
the
thread,
winding
round it
spirally
at a
constant
inclination,
so as to leave a
continuous
spiral
groove
between
one turn and the next, -- used
chiefly
for
producing,
when
revolved,
motion
or
pressure
in the
direction
of its axis, by the
sliding
of the
threads
of the
cylinder
in the
grooves
between
the
threads
of the
perforation
adapted
to it, the
former
being
distinguished
as the
external,
or male
screw,
or,
Wall
::
Wall (n.) An
inclosing
part of a
receptacle
or
vessel;
as, the walls of a
steam-engine
cylinder..
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