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"Section C"


Cylinder axis. (Anat.) See
Axis cylinder, under Axis.
-- Cylinder
engine
(Paper Making), a machine in which a
cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet
to the dryers.
-- Cylinder escapement.
See Escapement. -- Cylinder
glass
. See Glass. -- Cylinder
mill
. See Roller mill. --
Cylinder press. See Press.


Cyl`in*dra"ceous (-dr?"sh?s), a.
[Cf. F. cylyndracé] Cylindrical, or
approaching a cylindrical form.


{ Cy*lin"dric (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cy*lin"dric*al
(-dr?-kal), } a. [Gr.
kylindriko`s, from ky`lindros cylinder: cf.
F. cylindrique.] Having the form of a cylinder, or of
a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of
the cylinder.


Cylindrical lens, a lens having one, or
more than one, cylindrical surface.
-- Cylindric, or
Cylindrical
, surface (Geom.),
a surface described by a straight line that moves according
to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given
line.


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