cylinder : Idioms & Phrases

• (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central substance of a nerve fiber; called also axis band, axial fiber, and cylinder axis.

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• noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
  brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder.
  

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• . (Anat.) SeeAxis cylinder, under Axis.

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• noun a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
  engine block; block.
  
  • the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked

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• (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers.

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• . See Escapement.

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• . See Glass.

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• noun a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump
  

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• noun a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate
  

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• . See Roller mill.

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• noun a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type
  flatbed press.
  

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• . See Press.

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• noun a straight line running the length of the cylinder
  

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• noun a cylindrical graduate
  

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• noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
  brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder.
  

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• noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
  brake cylinder; hydraulic brake cylinder.
  

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• (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure.

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• (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base.

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• the cylinder of a steam engine, which contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under Slide.

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