Cylinder
noun
A solid or hollow object with round ends and long straight sides.
The toy was shaped like a cylinder.
Often appears as...
- hollow cylinder
- solid cylinder
noun
The part of an engine where fuel is burned.
The car has a four-cylinder engine.
Often appears as...
- four-cylinder engine
- engine cylinder
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of a lock where you insert a key.
He turned the key in the cylinder to unlock the door.
Often appears as...
- lock cylinder
- cylinder lock
noun
A container for storing gas under pressure.
He carried the gas cylinder to the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- gas cylinder
- air cylinder
noun
A solid or hollow object with round ends and long straight sides.
The toy was shaped like a cylinder.
Often appears as...
- hollow cylinder
- solid cylinder
noun
The part of an engine where fuel is burned.
The car has a four-cylinder engine.
Often appears as...
- four-cylinder engine
- engine cylinder
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of a lock where you insert a key.
He turned the key in the cylinder to unlock the door.
Often appears as...
- lock cylinder
- cylinder lock
noun
A container for storing gas under pressure.
He carried the gas cylinder to the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- gas cylinder
- air cylinder
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Pro Tip 1/3Geometric Form
A cylinder in geometry is shaped with two identical circles connected by a surface.
Can you draw a cylinder next to the cube?
Pro Tip 2/3Everyday Objects
Many everyday items are cylindrical, making it a familiar shape to recognize.
The paper towel roll is a perfect example of a cylinder.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Solid
Cylinders can be hollow, like a tube, or solid, like a metal rod.
The cardboard core of the wrap is a hollow cylinder.
Pro Tip 1/3Geometric Form
A cylinder in geometry is shaped with two identical circles connected by a surface.
Can you draw a cylinder next to the cube?
Pro Tip 2/3Everyday Objects
Many everyday items are cylindrical, making it a familiar shape to recognize.
The paper towel roll is a perfect example of a cylinder.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Solid
Cylinders can be hollow, like a tube, or solid, like a metal rod.
The cardboard core of the wrap is a hollow cylinder.
Pro Tip 1/3Geometric Form
A cylinder in geometry is shaped with two identical circles connected by a surface.
Can you draw a cylinder next to the cube?
Pro Tip 2/3Everyday Objects
Many everyday items are cylindrical, making it a familiar shape to recognize.
The paper towel roll is a perfect example of a cylinder.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Solid
Cylinders can be hollow, like a tube, or solid, like a metal rod.
The cardboard core of the wrap is a hollow cylinder.
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The Keys to An Easy...
advanced much over the years the basic concept is simple a grooved key pushes a set of pins known as tumblers into various positions when they're all in the right spots the keys free to turn a cam inside the lock cylinder and the door opens and there are plenty of other tools that a crook can employ like a
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Pizza physics (New...
So, that's the math. Not so hard, right? Now for the physics. It can be summed up in one Thin sheets are easy to bend but hard to stretch. This is really important. Thin sheets are easy to bend but hard to stretch. Remember when we rolled our flat sheet of rubber into a cylinder?
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Best Moments of 2018 PIPE...
this is a stainless steel cylinder the most remarkable example is black tunnel web spiders are endemic to New Zealand Africa is home to the world's tallest plant animal pollen is stored on flowering plants in structures called anthers so much potential in one tiny water there
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The playful wonderland...
why not program it to weave delightful patterns of color out of cloth? Instead of using the pins of the cylinder to represent musical notes, they would represent threads with different colors. If you wanted a new pattern for your fabric, you just programmed a new cylinder.
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Michael Moschen:...
that I look at a shape and say, what about if I use this and this and this. Sometimes what happens in life affects my choice of objects that I try to work with. The next piece that I'm going to do -- which is the cylinders piece, if you want to get that up --
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Under the hood: The...
There are over one billion cars in the world today, getting people where they need to go, but cars aren't just a mode of transportation, they're also a chemistry lesson waiting to be taught. The process of starting your car begins in the engine cylinders,
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How does work...work? -...
We transfer energy into the clock when we turn the crank to raise the heavy metal cylinders inside the clock. When we do this, we are doing positive work, adding energy to the clock, and that energy is stored as gravitational potential energy.
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Adventures of an...
and attached to it you have a cylinder, and that has all the support structures in, all the life support and also the airlock. And on top of that, we have a structure, that domed structure, that protects ourselves,
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Ghostly Yeti Crab Swarms...
looked like the spinning cylinders found in a car wash they even spotted a colorless octopus one of the rarest finds on the team's expedition it's about two feet long and was filmed walking around on the sea floor
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Making data free for...
for free it goes as follows open letter to solve filled empty L for the comp and a time we are Lina's in Brecht off at cylinder high school Joe Slovo path bulletin kept out we recently had but in
Video examples
The Keys to An Easy...
advanced much over the years the basic concept is simple a grooved key pushes a set of pins known as tumblers into various positions when they're all in the right spots the keys free to turn a cam inside the lock cylinder and the door opens and there are plenty of other tools that a crook can employ like a
Video examples
Pizza physics (New...
So, that's the math. Not so hard, right? Now for the physics. It can be summed up in one Thin sheets are easy to bend but hard to stretch. This is really important. Thin sheets are easy to bend but hard to stretch. Remember when we rolled our flat sheet of rubber into a cylinder?
Video examples
Best Moments of 2018 PIPE...
this is a stainless steel cylinder the most remarkable example is black tunnel web spiders are endemic to New Zealand Africa is home to the world's tallest plant animal pollen is stored on flowering plants in structures called anthers so much potential in one tiny water there
Video examples
The playful wonderland...
why not program it to weave delightful patterns of color out of cloth? Instead of using the pins of the cylinder to represent musical notes, they would represent threads with different colors. If you wanted a new pattern for your fabric, you just programmed a new cylinder.
Video examples
Michael Moschen:...
that I look at a shape and say, what about if I use this and this and this. Sometimes what happens in life affects my choice of objects that I try to work with. The next piece that I'm going to do -- which is the cylinders piece, if you want to get that up --
Video examples
Under the hood: The...
There are over one billion cars in the world today, getting people where they need to go, but cars aren't just a mode of transportation, they're also a chemistry lesson waiting to be taught. The process of starting your car begins in the engine cylinders,
Video examples
How does work...work? -...
We transfer energy into the clock when we turn the crank to raise the heavy metal cylinders inside the clock. When we do this, we are doing positive work, adding energy to the clock, and that energy is stored as gravitational potential energy.
Video examples
Adventures of an...
and attached to it you have a cylinder, and that has all the support structures in, all the life support and also the airlock. And on top of that, we have a structure, that domed structure, that protects ourselves,
Video examples
Ghostly Yeti Crab Swarms...
looked like the spinning cylinders found in a car wash they even spotted a colorless octopus one of the rarest finds on the team's expedition it's about two feet long and was filmed walking around on the sea floor
Video examples
Making data free for...
for free it goes as follows open letter to solve filled empty L for the comp and a time we are Lina's in Brecht off at cylinder high school Joe Slovo path bulletin kept out we recently had but in
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Francesca Annis
English Actress
I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic.
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Nick Nolte
American Actor
I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare.
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George Hill
American Athlete
You know, the fans, the city have embraced me. The Jazz culture and family have welcomed me with open arms. Any time you have those things clicking on all cylinders, it just makes for a great place to raise your family and be a part of.
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Jason Day
Australian Athlete
You've got to come out and fire on all cylinders and get yourself up the leaderboard and show people that you're there and you're ready to win.
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Gary Cole
American Actor
You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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Julian Edelman
American Athlete
The more everyone tries to do their own job, that's when the team fires on all cylinders.
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Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
Benteke is a threat when he's fit, fully motivated and firing on all cylinders.
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Jason Alexander
American Actor
Directors get to fire on many more cylinders than an actor.
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Hugh Dillon
Canadian Actor
I do like to do TV work when it's firing on all cylinders.
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Jane Lynch
American Actress
I like for Sue Sylvester to be firing on all cylinders.
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Francesca Annis
English Actress
I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic.
Quote examples
Nick Nolte
American Actor
I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare.
Quote examples
George Hill
American Athlete
You know, the fans, the city have embraced me. The Jazz culture and family have welcomed me with open arms. Any time you have those things clicking on all cylinders, it just makes for a great place to raise your family and be a part of.
Quote examples
Jason Day
Australian Athlete
You've got to come out and fire on all cylinders and get yourself up the leaderboard and show people that you're there and you're ready to win.
Quote examples
Gary Cole
American Actor
You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
Quote examples
Julian Edelman
American Athlete
The more everyone tries to do their own job, that's when the team fires on all cylinders.
Quote examples
Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
Benteke is a threat when he's fit, fully motivated and firing on all cylinders.
Quote examples
Jason Alexander
American Actor
Directors get to fire on many more cylinders than an actor.
Quote examples
Hugh Dillon
Canadian Actor
I do like to do TV work when it's firing on all cylinders.
Quote examples
Jane Lynch
American Actress
I like for Sue Sylvester to be firing on all cylinders.
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