cylinder (redirected from cylindrically)

cylinder /cyl·in·der/ (sil´in-der)

1. a solid body shaped like a column.cylin´drical

2. cylindrical lens.

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axis cylinder  axon (1).

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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.