- A
cylinder (from
Ancient Gr**** κύλινδρος (kúlindros) 'roller, tumbler') has
traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most
basic of curvilinear...
-
Phonograph cylinders (also
referred to as
Edison cylinders after its
creator Thomas Edison) are the
earliest commercial medium for
recording and reproducing...
- a
cylindrically symmetrical configuration of
rotating pressureless fluid or dust). An
objection to the
practicality of
building a
Tipler cylinder was...
- 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...
-
master cylinder is a
control device that
converts force (commonly from a driver's foot) into
hydraulic pressure. This
device controls slave cylinders located...
- the 146-degree
peripheral vision of
Cinerama when
projected into a matching,
cylindrically curved screen.
Distortion (optics) Stretch-o-Vision v t e...
- 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...
- The
Cyrus Cylinder is an
ancient clay
cylinder, now
broken into
several pieces, on
which is
written an
Achaemenid royal inscription in
Akkadian cuneiform...
- In mathematics, the
notion of
cylindric algebra,
developed by
Alfred Tarski,
arises naturally in the
algebraization of first-order
logic with equality...
- 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...
