Meanings (ES + gloss)
cilindro
A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cyl…
cilindro
A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
cilindro
Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.
cilindro
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
cilindro
The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
bombona • cilindro • garrafa
A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
Phrases
Nessler cylinderO'Neill cylinderTipler cylinderaxis cylinderbicylindercylinder functioncylinder glasscylinder headcylinder mowercylinder-head-sectorcylinderercylinderlikecylindraceouscylindriccylindricalcylindrificationcylindrifycylindritecylindromademicylinderdiving cylinderdouble cylinderfire on all cylindersgraduated cylinderhemicylinderhypercylindermaster cylindermeasuring cylindermicrocylindermulticylindernanocylindernoncylinderopposed cylinderopposed piston opposed cylinderoxygen cylinderpenicylinderrelay cylinderrenal cylinderreversing cylinderroasting cylinder
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