Cylinder
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Cylinder may refer to:
- Cylinder (geometry), a three-dimensional geometric shape
- Cylinder (algebra), the cartesian product of a set with its superset
- Cylinder (engine), the space within which a piston travels in an engine
- Cylinder (steam locomotive)
- Cylinder, a unit of data division on a hard disk drive
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- Another term for tracks in the Cylinder-head-sector hard disk addressing method.
- A CKD disk cylinder of an IBM CKD disk.
- Hydraulic cylinder, a cylinder barrel with piston rod for pushing and pulling using pressurized fluid
- Pneumatic cylinder, a cylinder barrel with piston rod for pushing and pulling using compressed gases
- Gas cylinder, containers used to store compressed gases or compressed air
- Diving cylinder, a type of gas cylinder used in Scuba diving
- Graduated cylinder, glassware used for measurement of liquids in laboratories
- 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
- The part of a lock that is profiled to accept a specific key
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