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cylinder

[sil-in-der] / ˈsɪl ɪn dər /
NOUN
a geometrical form
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Minus 273 degrees Celsius in the cylinder at the bottom.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"I have not been able to get a gas cylinder for nearly four weeks," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

"I have been trying to book a gas cylinder for days now but I have had no luck so far. This has thrown all our plans in disarray," Prasad, 43, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Inventor Louis Glass and engineer William S. Arnold created the original coin-in-the-slot phonograph in 1889: It played one song on a metal disk or cylinder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

He accordingly set the phonograph at a slow pace, and I began to typewrite from the beginning of the seventh cylinder.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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