- A
cylinder (from
Ancient Gr**** κύλινδρος (kúlindros) 'roller, tumbler') has
traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most
basic of curvilinear...
-
master cylinder is a
control device that
converts force (commonly from a driver's foot) into
hydraulic pressure. This
device controls slave cylinders located...
-
Phonograph cylinders (also
referred to as
Edison cylinders after its
creator Thomas Edison) are the
earliest commercial medium for
recording and reproducing...
- Air
cylinder may
refer to: A gas
cylinder used to
store compressed air
Pneumatic cylinder, a
mechanical device used to
impart a
force from a fluid, such...
- A
cylindrical lens is a lens
which focuses light into a line
instead of a
point as a
spherical lens would. The
curved face or
faces of a
cylindrical lens...
- An O'Neill
cylinder (also
called an O'Neill colony) is a
space settlement concept proposed by
American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The...
- In a
reciprocating engine, the
cylinder is the
space in
which a
piston travels. The
inner surface of the
cylinder is
formed from
either a thin metallic...
- The
cylinder is the power-producing
element of the
steam engine powering a
steam locomotive. The
cylinder is made pressure-tight with end
covers and a...
- In mathematics, the
notion of
cylindric algebra,
developed by
Alfred Tarski,
arises naturally in the
algebraization of first-order
logic with equality...
- The
Cyrus Cylinder is an
ancient clay
cylinder, now
broken into
several pieces, on
which is
written an
Achaemenid royal inscription in
Akkadian cuneiform...
