NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cylinder

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Cylinder (algebra), the cartesian product of a set with its superset
Cylinder (geometry), a three-dimensional geometric surface
Cylinder (engine), the space within which a piston travels in an engine
Cylinder (disk drive), a unit of data division on a hard disk drive
Gas cylinder, containers used to store compressed gases or compressed air
Phonograph cylinder, the dominant medium of audio storage from the 1870s to the 1910s and in limited use (such as in the dictaphone) through the mid 20th century
Cylinder (firearms), the cylinder is the rotating device that contains the firing chambers of a revolver
A type of lens and a form of refraction error.

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Category: Disambiguation Let be a set and . ... A right circular cylinder In mathematics, a cylinder is a quadric, i. ... A piston and cylinder from a steam engine A cylinder in an internal combustion engine is the space within which a piston travels. ... A disk drive cylinder is a division of data in a disk drive, as used in the CHS addressing mode of a hard disk (or floppy disk). ... Industrial compressed gas cylinders used for oxy-fuel welding and cutting of steel. ... The earliest method of recording and reproducing sound was on phonograph cylinders. ... The Colt Single Action Army, one of the most popular revolvers of all time A revolver is a multishot firearm, usually a handgun, in which the rounds are held in a revolving cylinder that rotates to fire them through a single barrel. ... A lens. ... Refraction error is an error in the focussing of light by the human eye. ...

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Cylinder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (190 words)
	Cylinder (disk drive), a unit of data division on a hard disk drive
	Phonograph cylinder, the dominant medium of audio storage from the 1870s to the 1910s and in limited use (such as in the dictaphone) through the mid 20th century
	Cylinder (firearms), the cylinder is the rotating device that contains the firing chambers of a revolver

Phonograph cylinder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1684 words)
	Early cylinder records would commonly wear out after they were played a few dozen times; the buyer could then either bring the worn cylinders back to the dealer to be traded in as partial credit for purchase of new recordings, or have their surface shaved smooth so new recordings could be made on them.
	Cylinder phonographs also usually used a worm gear to move the stylus in synchronization with the grooves of the recording, whereas most disc machines relied on the grooves to pull the stylus along.
	Cylinder phonograph technology continued to be used for dictaphone recordings for office use into the early 1950s when the cylinder dictaphone was supplanted by magnetic tape.

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