Defenition of the word cylinder
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Defenition of the word cylinder
- A three-dimensional figure with two congruent bases in parallel planes.
- A three-dimensional figure with two congruent circular bases in parallel planes.
- A single track location on all the platters making up a hard disk.
- A printing plate used on a modern rotary printing press.
- The cylindric chamber or hole in the cylinder block of a combustion engine that houses the pistons and where combustion takes place.
- a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
- a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
- a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
- within which piston moves
- a chamber within which piston moves
Synonyms for the word cylinder
Meronymys for the word cylinder
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- Aqua-Lung
- aqualung
- block
- compressor
- cylinder block
- engine block
- intake valve
- pump
- scuba
Hyponyms for the word cylinder
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- barrel
- brake cylinder
- brake drum
- drum
- hydraulic brake cylinder
- master cylinder
- pipe
- roll
- roller
- shank
- stalactite
- stalagmite
- stem
- tube
Hypernyms for the word cylinder
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- chamber
- container
- round shape
- solid
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