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cylinder
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cylinder /cyl·in·der/ (sil´in-der)
1. a solid body shaped like a column.cylin´drical

axis cylinder  axon (1).

cyl·in·der (sln-dr)
n.
1. The surface generated by a straight line intersecting and moving along a closed plane curve, the directrix, while remaining parallel to a fixed straight line that is not on or parallel to the plane of the directrix.
2. A solid bounded by two parallel planes and such a surface, especially such a surface having a circle as its directrix.
3. A cylindrical or rodlike renal cast.
4. A cylindrical lens.
5. A cylindrical metal container for gases stored under high pressure.

cylinder,
a solid body having a circular transverse section. Exceptions include hollow gas cylinders, crossed cylinders used to measure astigmatism, and terminal cylinders of sensory nerve fibers.


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