- A
cylinder (from
Ancient Gr**** κύλινδρος (kúlindros) 'roller, tumbler') has
traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most
basic of curvilinear...
-
Where the
cylinders are
arranged in two or more
lines (such as in V
engines or flat engines), each line of
cylinders is
referred to as a '
cylinder bank'....
- An O'Neill
cylinder (also
called an O'Neill colony, or
Island Three) is a
space settlement concept proposed by
American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in...
- A
Tipler cylinder, also
called a
Tipler time machine, is a
hypothetical object theorized to be a
potential mode of time travel—although
results have shown...
- The
Cyrus Cylinder is an
ancient clay
cylinder, now
broken into
several pieces, on
which is
written an
Achaemenid royal inscription in
Akkadian cuneiform...
- Look up
cylinder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
cylinder is a
basic curvilinear geometric shape.
Cylinder may also
refer to:
Cylinder (algebra)...
- A
diving cylinder or
diving gas
cylinder is a gas
cylinder used to
store and
transport high
pressure gas used in
diving operations. This may be breathing...
-
Phonograph cylinders (also
referred to as
Edison cylinders after its
creator Thomas Edison) are the
earliest commercial medium for
recording and reproducing...
- A gas
cylinder is a
pressure vessel for
storage and
containment of
gases at
above atmospheric pressure. Gas
storage cylinders may also be
called bottles...
- In an engine, the
cylinder is the
space in
which a
piston travels. The
inner surface of the
cylinder is
formed from
either a thin
metallic liner (also...
