Cylinder Meaning
/ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
nounA solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
Sentence Examples
The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.
The piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic replaced the worn ____ in the car's engine block.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The gas was compressed into a gas ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder."
— 1898, H. G. Wells, chapter 4, in The War of the Worlds:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic replaced the worn ____ in the car's engine block.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The gas was compressed into a gas ____.