cylinder
Example Sentences
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All the major market indices seemed to be firing on all cylinders, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index gaining 17.9% through the full year.
From Los Angeles Times
England went from bad to disastrous, France didn't fire on all cylinders but had enough to maintain their Grand Slam challenge, Scotland dug deep for a big win and Ireland were just tremendous.
From BBC
Because their rivals believe they have found a way of exploiting the rule restricting the compression ratio - a measurement of the cylinder displacement between the two extremes of the piston stroke - to 16:1.
From BBC
The compression ratio is a measurement of the cylinder displacement between the two extremes of the piston stroke.
From BBC
It’s firing on all cylinders with same-store sales growth vastly better than at old rival Target and most other competitors.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
