cylinder
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Now bend the paper into a cylinder without stretching or tearing it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The cylinder itself is sealed with a thin protective layer of a soft, malleable metal called indium.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Broadly similar to the iron-block boat anchors that powered ’60s-era Triumphs, MGs and other British legends, Mazda’s four-banger has an aluminum block; dual overhead cams with four valves per cylinder; and electronic fuel injection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
Answers for Ms. Teller in math class as she asked us to describe a cylinder.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
Evidence supporting that interpretation has come from drill cores -- long cylinders of solid rock pulled from deep underground -- recovered from ancient marine sediments in Karelia, Russia, and the Francevillian Basin in Gabon.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Businesses face an array of challengers, however, so the economy isn’t firing on all cylinders.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Lu-An" has some 2,000 plastic cylinders of soil and compost to give 100 watts of output, enough to power a rice cooker and other appliances.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Perhaps most intriguing, its cloud-computing business is firing on all cylinders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mr. Hinkley took it from Jinx and gently replaced it with several matching red cylinders.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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