Translation of cylinder (English-English)

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cylinder: 1.in a disk pack, the set of all tracks with the same nominal distance from the axis about which the disk pack rotates; 2.the tracks of a disk storage device that can be accessed without repositioning the access mechanism
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

cylinder: the portion of a cylinder lock that contains the tumblers and keyhole.
Category: Domestic economy

cylinder: one of the stators of the steam turbine on which the diaphragms are fixed
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

cylinder: in a reciprocating compressor, that part in which the movement of the piston occurs in performing the suction and discharge strockes
Category: Mechanical engineering

cylinder: in magnetic disc storage units,a set of corresponding tracks on a stack of disks
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

cylinder-type: A juice separator in which the separating device consists of a rotary cylinder made of perforated sheeting,with a spindle slightly inclined downwards,in which the grapes move along,allowing their juice to drip through
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

multicylinder: a paper machine in which the drying section consists of a number of normal drying cylinders(having a diameter of approximately 1500-1800 mm)
Category: Various industries and crafts

two-cylinder: method for measuring the tooth thickness using two cylinders or rollers instead of balls(mainly for spur gears)
Category: Mechanical engineering

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