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Cylinder

/sˈɪləndər/
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(noun) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.

The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.
The piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The gas was compressed into a gas ____.

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