Words / B2

SIL-ind-uh/ˈsɪlɪndə/

A cylinder is a solid or hollow shape with straight sides and circular ends; also a tube in an engine: volume of a cylinder; a gas cylinder. Cube is square-ended; tube is everyday. Calculate the volume of the cylinder, showing π. Mix-up: cylindrical; silver. Do not write cylinder for a sphere.

Meaning

A solid or hollow shape with straight sides and circular ends; also a tube in an engine.

Examples

• “Calculate the volume of the cylinder in the maths paper, showing π.”
• “A gas cylinder featured in the H&S practical, which is the hollow-tank sense.”

Good to know

a cylinder; volume of a cylinder; gas / engine cylinder; cylindrical. Everyday: tube. Trap: sphere. Maths, physics, and D&T. A circular-ended prism, or an engine/gas tube.

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