transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-lən-dər ]
noun
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Greek kylindros, from kylindein to roll; perhaps akin to Greek kyklos wheel — more at wheel
Date: 1570
1.
a. : the surface traced by a straight line moving parallel to a fixed straight line and intersecting a fixed planar closed curve
b. : a solid or surface bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes cutting all its elements ; especially : right circular cylinder — see volume table
2. : a cylindrical body or space: as
a. : the turning chambered breech of a revolver
b.
(1) : the piston chamber in an engine
(2) : a chamber in a pump from which the piston expels the fluid
c. : any of various rotating members in a press (as a printing press) ; especially : one that impresses paper on an inked form
d. : a cylindrical clay object inscribed with cuneiform inscriptions
• cyl·in·dered -dərd adjective
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- on all cylinders