Read full poem →Poised horizontal
on glittering parallels the dingy cylinders
packed with a warm glow--inviting entry--
Dictionary Entry
A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
In a Sentence
“When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both right and circular are usually implied.”
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Common Phrases
. cylinderscylinders twocylinders gascylinders pressurecylinders steel
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Poetry examples for “cylinders”
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