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cylinder [n]

1)	a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air

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container aqua-lung

2)	a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)

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solid roll roller

3)	a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

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round_shape brake_drum shank shank shank stalactite stalagmite barrel pipe

4)	a chamber within which piston moves

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piston_chamber

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chamber block pump compressor brake_cylinder intake_valve

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

The set of tracks on a multi-headed disk that may be accessed without head movement. That is, the collection of disk tracks which are the same distance from the spindle about which the disks rotate. Each such group forms the shape of a cylinder. Placing data that are likely to be accessed together in cylinders reduces the access significantly as head movement (seeking) is slow compared to disk rotation and switching between heads.

(1997-07-15)

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