rotating cylinder

collocation in English

meaningsofrotateandcylinder

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rotate
verb
uk
/rəʊˈteɪt/us
/ˈroʊ.teɪt/
to turn or cause something to turn in a circle, especially around a ...
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cylinder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪl.ɪn.dər/us
/ˈsɪl.ɪn.dɚ/
a solid or hollow tube with long straight sides and two circular ends the same size, or an object shaped like this, often used as ...
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(Definition ofrotateandcylinderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A fluid contained in arotatingcylinderhas an inertial mode which is excited by forced precession of the container.
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One particularly striking series of wave patterns is such that the free surface inside the rapidlyrotatingcylinderis stationary with respect to the observer.
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The motor shaft was connected to arotatingcylinder, which was connected to the top of the leg through a flexible rope.
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The first flow field studied was that generated by a singlerotatingcylinderand this was accomplished by removing all but one of the rollers in the four-roll mill.
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Any sizerotatingcylinderwill produce a vortex.
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From the point-of-view of the animal, the monitors appeared as large windows through which the animals viewed therotatingcylinder.
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The vortex must be associated with a means of producing it, which in the absence of a radial flow carrying angular momentum inward can only be arotatingcylinder.
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The motion pictures show that the dye spreads around therotatingcylinderin layers.
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A plug is arotatingcylindercontained inside the body.
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A property of these solutions that is at first sight curious is that the central air core has its axis below the axis of therotatingcylinder.
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Physically, the boundary-layer development on arotatingcylinderin an axial stream is equivalent to that on a flat plate with the fluid subjected t o outward normal forces.
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Arotatingcylinderpresses a rubber sleeve against another, heated,rotatingcylinder.
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The plot employed significant use of the difference in strength of artificial gravity as an object approaches the center of therotatingcylinder.
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Later on, the flatbed duplicators were replaced by devices using arotatingcylinderwith automatic ink feed.
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The arena consists of a glass platform mounted near the axis at one end of the habitat, with therotatingcylinderproviding the backdrop.
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The most common form of exhibit entry is a three-panel display, but others, such as arotatingcylinderhave been used.
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The term is also used to describe the wheel that arotatingcylinderruns on.
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Rodents naturally try to stay on therotatingcylinder, or rotarod, and avoid falling to the ground.
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The system is a precursor to development of the axle, which keeps arotatingcylinderfixed relative to its cargo.
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The sound vibration waveforms are preseved in the form of a groove engraved into the surface of arotatingcylinderor disc.
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