English-German translations for cylinder
- ZylinderderDa werden Selbstverständlichkeiten definiert, beispielsweise was ein Fußboden ist, was hinten und vorne ist, Gänge müssen so beschaffen sein, dass zwei koaxiale Zylinder hindurchpassen. It tells us, for example, what a floor is, what is meant by 'behind' and 'in front' and informs us that provision must be made for passages through which two coaxial cylinders must be able to pass.
- Brennkammerder
- Rolledie
- Walzedie
Definition of cylinder
- A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve
- A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder
- A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine
- A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a
- The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges
- To calender; to press between rollers to make it glossy
Examples
- When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both right and circular are usually implied
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