cylinder vs packing

cylinder

noun
  • A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder. 

  • A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve. 

  • Any object in the form of a circular cylinder. 

  • The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges. 

  • An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder. 

  • A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine. 

  • The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity. 

  • The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump. 

  • A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder. 

verb
  • To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy. 

packing

noun
  • Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications. 

  • The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack. 

  • Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight. 

  • Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging. 

  • The forming of players into a scrum. 

  • The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey. 

  • A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging. 

  • The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts. 

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