Definitions for cylinder
Overview of noun cylinder
The noun cylinder has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) cylinder
(a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases))
2. cylinder
(a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)
3. cylinder, piston chamber
(a chamber within which piston moves)
4. cylinder
(a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air)






