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Definition of cylinder
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Cylinder
(n.) The
revolving
square
prism
carrying
the cards in a
Jacquard
loom.
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Tubbing
::
Tubbing
(n.) A
lining
of
timber
or metal
around
the shaft of a mine;
especially,
a
series
of
cast-iron
cylinders
bolted
together,
used to
enable
those who sink a shaft to
penetrate
quicksand,
water,
etc., with
safety..
Port
::
Port (n.) A
passageway
in a
machine,
through
which a
fluid,
as
steam,
water,
etc., may pass, as from a valve to the
interior
of the
cylinder
of a steam
engine;
an
opening
in a valve seat, or valve
face..
Cleading
::
Cleading
(n.) A
jacket
or outer
covering
of wood, etc., to
prevent
radiation
of heat, as from the
boiler,
cylinder.
etc., of a steam
engine..
Round
::
Round (a.)
Having
the form of a
cylinder;
cylindrical;
as, the
barrel
of a
musket
is
round..
Tribolet
::
Tribolet
(n.) A steel
cylinder
round which metal is drawn in the
process
of
forming
tubes.
Stalactite
::
Stalactite
(n.) A
pendent
cone or
cylinder
of
calcium
carbonate
resembling
an
icicle
in form and mode of
attachment.
Stalactites
are found
depending
from the roof or sides of
caverns,
and are
produced
by
deposition
from
waters
which have
percolated
through,
and
partially
dissolved,
the
overlying
limestone
rocks..
Liner
::
Liner (n.) A
lining
within
the
cylinder,
in which the
piston
works and
between
which and the outer shell of the
cylinder
a space is left to form a steam
jacket..
Retort
::
Retort
(v. t.) A
vessel
in which
substances
are
subjected
to
distillation
or
decomposition
by heat. It is made of
different
forms and
materials
for
different
uses, as a bulb of glass with a
curved
beak to enter a
receiver
for
general
chemical
operations,
or a
cylinder
or
semicylinder
of cast iron for the
manufacture
of gas in gas
works..
Resonator
::
Resonator
(n.)
Anything
which
resounds;
specifically,
a
vessel
in the form of a
cylinder
open at one end, or a
hollow
ball of brass with two
apertures,
so
contrived
as to
greatly
intensify
a
musical
tone by its
resonance.
It is used for the study and
analysis
of
complex
sounds..
Roll
::
Roll (v.) One of a set of
revolving
cylinders,
or
rollers,
between
which metal is
pressed,
formed,
or
smoothed,
as in a
rolling
mill; as, to pass rails
through
the
rolls..
Rib
::
Rib (n.) A
ridge,
fin, or wing, as on a
plate,
cylinder,
beam, etc., to
strengthen
or
stiffen
it..
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..
Neurokeratin
::
Neurokeratin
(n.) A
substance,
resembling
keratin,
present
in nerve
tissue,
as in the
sheath
of the axis
cylinder
of
medullated
nerve
fibers.
Like
keratin
it
resists
the
action
of most
chemical
agents,
and by
decomposition
with
sulphuric
acid
yields
leucin
and
tyrosin..
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,
Roll
::
Roll (v. i.) To be wound or
formed
into a
cylinder
or ball; as, the cloth rolls
unevenly;
the snow rolls
well..
Cut-off
::
Cut-off
(n.) The valve
gearing
or
mechanism
by which steam is cut off from
entering
the
cylinder
of a steam
engine
after a
definite
point in a
stroke,
so as to allow the
remainder
of the
stroke
to be made by the
expansive
force of the steam
already
let in. See
Expansion
gear, under
Expansion..
Pyrosome
::
Pyrosome
(n.) Any
compound
ascidian
of the genus
Pyrosoma.
The
pyrosomes
form large
hollow
cylinders,
sometimes
two or three feet long, which swim at the
surface
of the sea and are very
phosphorescent..
Roller
::
Roller
(n.) A
cylinder
coated
with a
composition
made
principally
of glue and
molassess,
with which forms of type are inked
previously
to
taking
an
impression
from
them..
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..
Pump
::
Pump (n.) An
hydraulic
machine,
variously
constructed,
for
raising
or
transferring
fluids,
consisting
essentially
of a
moving
piece or
piston
working
in a
hollow
cylinder
or other
cavity,
with
valves
properly
placed
for
admitting
or
retaining
the fluid as it is drawn or
driven
through
them by the
action
of the
piston..
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