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cylinder

[sil-in-der] / ˈsɪl ɪn dər /
NOUN
a geometrical form
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“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

This rocking chair is equal parts dramatic and functional, featuring a stacked cylinder back, rocker frame and arm rests in a black glossy finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The indoor unit is about the size of a gas boiler, while the size of the cylinder depends on the property.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 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

It requires a supply of water into the pumping mechanism, and the source of that supply must be higher than the top of the cylinder.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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