Cylinder

  • 81cylinder press — noun a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type • Syn: ↑flatbed press • Hypernyms: ↑press, ↑printing press * * * noun : a printing press in which a rotating cylinder rolls… …

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  • 82Cylinder-back mandolin — The cylinder back is a style of mandolin manufactured by the Vega Company of Boston, MA between 1913 and roughly 1925. The design patent (US patent number D44838) for the instrument was issued on November 4, 1913 to David L. Day, who was director …

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  • 83cylinder seals —    Short pieces of stone, and sometimes other materials, that were engraved with pictures or words that formed recessed impressions in their surfaces. When pressed into moist clay, these cylinder seals produced raised images. These images denoted …

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  • 84cylinder axis — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… …

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  • 85Cylinder boiler — Boiler Boil er, n. 1. One who boils. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. [1913 Webster] Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts,… …

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  • 86Cylinder press — Press Press, n. [F. presse. See 4th {Press}.] 1. An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is taken; sometimes, the place or building containing a press or …

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  • 87Cylinder/Head/Sector — Cylindre/Tête/Secteur  Cet article concerne la méthode d adressage informatique. Pour d autres sens de l abréviation, voir CHS. L adressage en CHS (abréviation de Cylinder/Head/Sector en anglais soit « Cylindre/Tête/Secteur » en… …

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  • 88cylinder sleeve — A replaceable cylinder liner or tube, it is made of a pipe like section that is either pressed or pushed into the block. If the cylinder cannot be re bored to an oversize or if the liner has been damaged beyond repair, the cylinder may be re… …

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  • 89Cylinder face — Face Face (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance… …

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  • 90Cylinder glass — Glass Glass (gl[.a]s), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[ae]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and… …

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