Definition of Canisters. Meaning of Canisters. Synonyms of Canisters

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Definition of Canisters

Canister
Canister Can"is*ter (k[a^]n"[i^]s*t[~e]r), n. [L. canistrum a basket woven from reeds Gr. ?, fr. ka`nh, ka`nna reed; cf. F. canistre. See Cane, and Canaster.] 1. A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. 2. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. 3. (Mil.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot.

Meaning of Canisters from wikipedia

- Look up canister in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canister may refer to: Any container that is roughly cylindrical in shape A container for 35mm movie...
- Canister shot is a kind of anti-personnel artillery ammunition. Canister shot has been used since the advent of gunpowder-firing artillery in Western armies...
- Canister filter may refer to various types of filter in different systems: Canister-styled aquarium filters Canister filter, a filter in the canister...
- Container Light Equipment. Initially, the canisters were of wood and metal construction. The Mark I canister weighted around 46 kg (101 lb) empty and 159 kg...
- Bruno Tesch, devised a method of packaging hydrogen cyanide in sealed canisters along with a cautionary eye irritant and one of several adsorbents such...
- sometimes called "canisters". Water canisters can for example be used for drinking water, wastewater or showering. Water canisters are used for excursions...
- called bear canisters or bear cans, are usually hard-sided containers used by backpackers to protect their food from theft by bears. Bear canisters are seeing...
- canisters which contain multiple anti-personnel (AP) and/or anti-tank (AT) mines which are dis****d over a wide area when ejected from the canister....
- The heaviest canisters weighed 40 kg (88.1 lb) and could hold up to 16,000 frames of film. Over the course of operations almost 30 canisters were loaded...
- studied thousands of tear gas canisters fired by Venezuelan authorities since 2014. She concluded that the majority of canisters used the main component CS...