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Cylinder
Cylinder may refer to
- in geometry, a three-dimensional geometric shape - see Cylinder (geometry)
- in algebra, the Cartesian product of a set with its superset - see Cartesian product
- in optics:
- a type of lens (optics)|lens
- a form of refractive error
- a container:
- a graduated cylinder, glassware for measurement of liquids in laboratories
- a gas cylinder, a container for storing compressed gas (e.g. compressed air)
- * in particular a diving cylinder, a type of gas cylinder used in scuba-diving
- a device converting pressure into motion:
- Hydraulic cylinder, a cylinder barrel with piston rod for pushing and pulling using pressurized fluid
- Pneumatic cylinder, a cylinder barrel with piston rod for pushing and pulling using compressed gases
- * in particular a cylinder (locomotive)
- the space, in an engine, within which a piston travels - see Cylinder (engine)
- a mechanical part:
- Cylinder (firearms), the rotating device that contains the firing chambers of a revolver
- in a lock, the part that is profiled to accept a specific key - see Cylinder lock
- in data storage:
- Phonograph cylinder, the dominant medium of audio storage from the 1870s to the 1910s
- in some computer hard drives, a division of data; see cylinder-head-sector and cylinder (disk drive)
- other:
- Cylinder, Iowa, a small city in the United States
- a cylinder hat, popular in 19th and early 20th centuries - see top hat
simple:Cylinder (disambiguation)
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