cylinder

  1. Noun.  (geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
  2. Noun.  (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
  3. Noun.  Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
  4. Noun.  A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
  5. Noun.  A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas.
  6. Noun.  An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
  7. Noun.  The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
  8. Noun.  (computing) The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.

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