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Cylinder engine

Cylinder \Cyl"in*der\ (s?l"?n-d?r), n. [F. cylindre, OF. cilindre, L. cylindrus, fr. Gr. ky`lindros, fr. kyli`ndein, kyli`ein, to roll. Cf. Calender the machine.]

  1. (Geom.)

    1. A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular.

    2. The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

  2. Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as:

    1. The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam.

    2. The barrel of an air or other pump.

    3. (Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press.

    4. The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

  3. The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a Jacquard loom.

    Cylinder axis. (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.

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

    Cylinder escapement. See Escapement.

    Cylinder glass. See Glass.

    Cylinder mill. See Roller mill.

    Cylinder press. See Press.

Usage examples of "cylinder engine".

The Stutz eight-cylinder engine featured twin overhead camshafts with four valves per cylinder.

The straight eight-cylinder engine displaces for hundred twenty cubic inches.

One is a bigger one using a Subaru with a four cylinder engine and four-wheel drive.

I slammed the doors open a little harder than I needed to, stalked out to the Blue Beetle, and drove away with all the raging power the ancient four-cylinder engine could muster.

But eventually she nails one, a little jellybean with glued-on windows and a three-cylinder engine, and that takes her up to the United States border.

Powered by a little four-cylinder engine turning two counterrotating propellers, it drove through the water at twenty-two knots with its depth set at nine feet.

From the sound, Renn guessed it was a large two-cylinder engine, and a crude one at that.

He approached the fire engine red Ninja, the Kawasaki GPz900R, water cooled with transverse four-cylinder engine would redline in top gear at 145 mph or better.