Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 10 compound words that contain cylinders. The most common are listed below. Open cylinders in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- diving cylindersplural of diving cylinder: An oxygen tank used in scuba diving
- gas cylindersplural of gas cylinder: A cylindrical vessel capable of containing a compressed gas at high pressure. Sometimes used as the fuel tank for an autogas vehicle.
- graduated cylindersplural of graduated cylinder: An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not …
- measuring cylindersplural of measuring cylinder: An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not …
- O'Neill cylindersplural of O'Neill cylinder: A proposed space settlement consisting of two cylinders that rotate to provide artificial gravity via centrifugal force.
- fire on all cylindersTo operate as effectively as possible.
- double cylindersplural of double cylinder: A geometric object embedded in 4-dimensional Euclidean space, defined as the Cartesian product of two disks, and analogous to a cylinder in 3-space.
- master cylindersplural of master cylinder: A control device that converts nonhydraulic pressure into hydraulic pressure.
- opposed cylindersplural of opposed cylinder: A type of engine cylinder, with two pistons, horizontally opposed with each other, and the combustion chamber sitting centrally between the two pistons.
- oxygen cylindersplural of oxygen cylinder: a gas cylinder containing oxygen
- relay cylindersplural of relay cylinder: In a variable-expansion central-valve steam engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.
- renal cylindersplural of renal cylinder: A microscopic cylindrical structure produced by the kidney and present in the urine of certain diseases.
- slave cylindersplural of slave cylinder: A small cylinder, dependent on a master cylinder, that contains a piston.
- twisted cylindersplural of twisted cylinder: A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;
- reversing cylindersplural of reversing cylinder: The cylinder of a small auxiliary steam engine.
- roasting cylindersplural of roasting cylinder: A furnace for roasting ore.
- fired on all cylinderssimple past and past participle of fire on all cylinders
- fires on all cylindersthird-person singular simple present indicative of fire on all cylinders: To operate as effectively as possible.
- firing on all cylinderspresent participle and gerund of fire on all cylinders
- hit on all cylindersAlternative form of fire on all cylinders: To operate as effectively as possible.
- hits on all cylindersthird-person singular simple present indicative of hit on all cylinders: To operate as effectively as possible.
- hitting on all cylinderspresent participle and gerund of hit on all cylinders
- Tipler cylindersplural of Tipler cylinder: A hypothetical massive, infinitely long cylinder spinning along its longitudinal axis, enabling time travel.
- Nessler cylindersplural of Nessler cylinder: A laboratory tube used in colorimetric analysis.
- axis cylindersplural of axis cylinder: An axon.
Compound words 10
- demicylindersplural of demicylinder: Half of a cylinder (cut along its axis)
- duocylindersplural of duocylinder: A geometric object embedded in 4-dimensional Euclidean space, defined as the Cartesian product of two disks, and analogous to a cylinder in 3-space.
- hemicylindersplural of hemicylinder: Half of a cylinder (cut along its axis)
- hypercylindersplural of hypercylinder: A four-dimensional analog of a cylinder
- microcylindersplural of microcylinder: A very small cylinder (in any of many contexts)
- nanocylindersplural of nanocylinder: A nanosized cylinder
- semicylindersplural of semicylinder: Half of a cylinder (cut along its axis)
- subcylindersplural of subcylinder: A secondary or subsidiary cylinder; a cylinder within a cylinder.
- tricylindersplural of tricylinder: A solid formed by three intersecting cylinders.
- axiscylindersplural of axiscylinder: An axon.