cilinder

Hungarian

noun
Definitions
  • (engineering) cylinder a cylindrical part
  • top hat a man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown
  • (dialectal) glass chimney, chimney the glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp
  • (computing) cylinder the corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity
  • (pathology) urinary cast, renal cast, renal cylinder a microscopic cylindrical structure produced by the kidney and present in the urine in the case of some diseases

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zylinder (cylinder, top hat) derived from Latin cylindrus (cylinder, roller) derived from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (cylinder, roller, a cylinder, roll).

Origin

Ancient Greek

κύλινδρος

Gloss

cylinder, roller, a cylinder, roll

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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