- A
cylinder (from
Ancient Gr**** κύλινδρος (kúlindros) 'roller, tumbler') has
traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most
basic of curvilinear...
- 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...
-
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'....
-
Phonograph cylinders (also
referred to as
Edison cylinders after its
creator Thomas Edison) are the
earliest commercial medium for
recording and reproducing...
- The
Cyrus Cylinder is an
ancient clay
cylinder, now
broken into
several pieces, on
which is
written an
Achaemenid royal inscription in
Akkadian cuneiform...
-
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...
- In a
piston engine, the
cylinder head (aka "head") sits
above the
cylinders,
forming the roof of the
combustion chamber. In
sidevalve engines the head...
- 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...