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Firearm components
Cylinder
(Redirected from
Cylindrical
)
The word
cylinder
has several meanings.
For the geometric object, see
cylinder (geometry)
.
For the engine component, see
cylinder (engine)
.
In
firearms
, the
cylinder
is the rotating device that contains the firing
chambers
of a
revolver
.
The
phonograph cylinder
was the dominant medium of
audio storage
from the
1870s
to the
1910s
, and continued in limited use (such as in the
dictaphone
) through the mid
20th century
.
A
cylinder
is also a type of
lens
and a form of
refraction error
.
Also see
gas cylinder
.
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01-04-2007 01:16:19
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