Cylinder

cylinder



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–noun 

1. Geometry. a surface or solid bounded 

by 

two parallel planes and generated by a straight line moving parallel to the given planes and tracing a curve bounded by the planes and lying in a plane 



perpendicular 

or 

oblique to the given planes.  



2. any cylinderlike object or part, whether solid or hollow. 

3. the rotating part of a revolver, containing the chambers (彈膛) for the cartridges. (子彈)

4. (in a pump) a cylindrical chamber in which a piston slides to move or compress a fluid. 

5. (in an engine) a cylindrical chamber in which the pressure of a gas or liquid moves a sliding piston. 

6. (in certain printing presses) 

a. a rotating cylinder that produces the impression and under which a flat form to be printed from passes. 

b. either of two cylinders, one carrying a curved form or plate to be printed from, that rotate against each other in opposite directions.   

7. (in certain locks) a cylindrical device for retaining the bolt (門栓電光) until tumblers (制動栓) have been pushed out of its way. 

8. (in a screw or cylindrical gear) an imaginary cylindrical form, concentric to the axis, defining the pitch or the inner or outer ends of the threads or teeth. 

9. Computers. the tracks of a magnetic disk that are accessible from a single radial position of the access mechanism. 

10. Textiles. (紡織品) the main roller on a carding machine, esp. the roller covered with card (梳棉) clothing that works in combination with the worker and stripper rollers in carding fibers. 

11. Archaeology. a cylindrical or somewhat barrel-shaped stone or clay object bearing a cuneiform (Q)(楔形文字) inscription or a carved design, worn by the Babylonians, Assyrians, and kindred peoples as a seal and amulet.  



cun[e][i]form

[kyoo-nee-uh-fawrm, kyoo-nee-uh-]



–verb (used with object) 

12. to furnish with a cylinder or cylinders. 

13. to subject to the action of a cylinder or cylinders. 





　

Explaining how À Nos Amours succeeds as a thought piece on existential dread for new fathers is probably not going to convince any of you to see the film, but you ought to give it a spin. For the first hour, 



À Nos Amours is searing 

and

[fires] on all cylinders. 



Ultimately it [slips], though, and the last third is a chatty act that [meanders] its way to a non-ending. Pialat was hardly a master filmmaker (though he plays Suzanne's father perfectly here), but he knew his way around a movie set just the same. He shoots À Nos Amours with an 



[un]sparing 

and 

[un]caring 



lens, and no one here escapes coming off in an unflattering light.



Give it a whirl in lieu of the usual horror fare you'd check out this weekend.





crank

the president's efforts to crank [down] inflation

She's able to crank [out] one best-selling novel after another.   

to crank [up] enthusiasm for a new product

throttle

trot

horse, go at a gait between walk and run

harness

she's appalled by his plans to harness the [Hulk formula] and create a race of super-soldiers. 　

to harness [water power]

to harness the [energy] of the sun. 



peg

of a [budget] currently pegged [at] $8.65 

The [feature] on the chief of police was pegged on the [riots].  

to peg away [at] a [homework] assignment.  

I guess that'll take him [down] a peg! 

stud

latch bolt 

sheath hilt

Pallet