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cylinder

[sil-in-der] / ˈsɪl ɪn dər /
NOUN
a geometrical form
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"I have not been able to get a gas cylinder for nearly four weeks," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

An animated trailer appears to draw on the story of Korean students whose singing of the song US anthropologist Alice Fletcher recorded on a cylinder phonograph in Washington in 1896.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Under the hood you’ll find a similarly storied power plant, Mazda’s Skyactiv-G 2.5-liter four cylinder gas engine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The compression ratio is a measurement of the cylinder displacement between the two extremes of the piston stroke.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Barber found that its cylinder contained four spent cartridges and a single live one.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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