- A
cylinder (from Gr****: κύλινδρος, romanized: kulindros, lit. 'roller', 'tumbler') has
traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic...
- 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 are the
earliest commercial medium for
recording and
reproducing sound.
Commonly known simply as "records" in
their era of greatest...
-
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'....
- 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...
- A
graduated cylinder, also
known as a
measuring cylinder or
mixing cylinder is a
common piece of
laboratory equipment used to
measure the
volume of a...
- In an
internal combustion engine, the
cylinder head (often
abbreviated to
simply "head") sits
above the
cylinders and
forms the roof of the combustion...
-
master cylinder is a
control device that
converts force (commonly from a driver's foot) into
hydraulic pressure. This
device controls slave cylinders located...
- A gas
cylinder is a
pressure vessel for
storage and
containment of
gases at
above atmospheric pressure. High-pressure gas
cylinders are also
called bottles...
- A
cylinder seal is a
small round cylinder,
typically about one inch (2 to 3 cm) in length,
engraved with
written characters or
figurative scenes or both...
