Cylinder

English

Etymology

From Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kulindros).

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Noun

File:Cylinder geometry.svg

A drawing of a cylinder showing the height at the center.

Cylinder (plural Cylinders)

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

   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.

2. (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
   • 1898 — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ch.4

     A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.

4. A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
5. A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas.
6. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
7. the part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges

Translations

geometry: surface

Armenian: գլան (gëlan) Bulgarian: цилиндър (bg) m. Czech: válcová plocha f. Danish: cylinder (da) c. Finnish: lieriö, ympyrälieriö French: cylindre (fr) m. German: Zylinder (de) m. Greek: κύλινδρος (el) (kýlindros) m. Hungarian: henger (hu)

Irish: sorcóir m. Italian: cilindro (it) m. Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m. Russian: цилиндр (ru) m. Slovak: valec m. Slovene: valj (sl) m. Spanish: cilindro (es) m. Turkish: silindir (tr)

geometry: solid

Armenian: գլան (gëlan) Bengali: বেলন (bn) Bulgarian: цилиндър (bg) m. Czech: válec (cs) m. Danish: cylinder (da) c. Dutch: cilinder (nl) m. Esperanto: cilindro (eo) Finnish: lieriö, ympyrälieriö, sylinteri French: cylindre (fr) m. German: Zylinder (de) m. Greek: κύλινδρος (el) (kýlindros) m.

Ido: cilindro (io) Irish: sorcóir soladach m. Italian: cilindro (it) m. Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m. Russian: цилиндр (ru) m. Serbian: valjak m., stublina f. Slovak: valec m. Slovene: valj (sl) m. Spanish: cilindro (es) m. Turkish: silindir (tr)

any cylindrical object

Armenian: գլան (gëlan) Bulgarian: валяк (bg) m. Czech: válec (cs) m. Danish: cylinder (da) c. Dutch: cilinder (nl) m. Finnish: sylinteri (fi) French: cylindre (fr) m. German: Zylinder (de) m. Greek: κύλινδρος (el) (kýlindros) m.

Hebrew: גליל (he) (ga'lil) Italian: cilindro (it) m. Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m. Russian: цилиндр (ru) m. Slovak: valec m. Slovene: valj (sl) m. Spanish: cilindro (es) m. Turkish: silindir (tr)

cavity or chamber

Bulgarian: цилиндър (bg) m. Czech: válec (cs) m. Danish: cylinder (da) c. Dutch: cilinder (nl) m. Finnish: sylinteri (fi) French: cylindre (fr) m.

German: Zylinder m., Brennkammer m. Greek: κύλινδρος (el) (kýlindros) m. Hebrew: גליל (he) (ga'lil) Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m. Russian: цилиндр m. (engine cylinder) Spanish: cilindro (es) m.

container

Danish: cylinder (da) c. Finnish: sylinteri (fi) French: cylindre (fr) m. German: Zylinder (de) m. Greek: κύλινδρος (el) (kýlindros) m.

Hebrew: גליל (he) (ga'lil) Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m. Russian: баллон (ru) m. Spanish: cilindro (es) m.

recording

German: Rolle (de) f., Zylinder (de) m. Greek: κύλινδρος (el) (kýlindros) m.

Russian: цилиндр (ru) m.

part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds

Dutch: trommel f. and m.

The translations below need to be checked.

• Neapolitan: celéntra (1), cìlìndro (1)

See also

• 15px Cylinder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• cylinder head
• fire on all cylinders

Related terms

• cylindrical

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kulindros).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sylenər/, [syˈlenˀɐ] or IPA: /sylendər/, [syˈlenˀd̥ɐ]

Noun

Cylinder c. (singular definite Cylinderen, plural indefinite Cylindere or cylindre)

1. cylinder

Inflection

    Inflection of Cylinder

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Cylinder	Cylinderen	Cylindere cylindre	Cylinderne cylindrene
genitive	Cylinders	Cylinderens	Cylinderes cylindres	Cylindernes cylindrenes

External links

• 15px Cylinder on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• 15px Cylinder (geometri) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Cylinder (geometri)
• 15px Cylinder (fluidmekanik) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Cylinder (fluidmekanik)
• 15px Cylinder (motordel) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Cylinder (motordel)

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Swedish

Noun

Declension of Cylinder

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Cylinder	cylindern	cylindrar	cylindrarna
genitive	Cylinders	cylinderns	cylindrars	cylindrarnas

cylinder c.

1. (geometry) cylinder

Related terms

• cylindrisk