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  • 1cylinder — noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Greek kylindros, from kylindein to roll; perhaps akin to Greek kyklos wheel more at wheel Date: 1570 1. a. the surface traced by a straight line moving… …

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  • 2cylinder —    A three dimensional surface generated by a straight line (a generatrix) intersecting and moving along a closed plane curve (the directrix) while remaining parallel to a fixed straight line that is not on or parallel to the plane of the… …

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  • 3rotary press — ro′tary press′ n. pri a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper Compare cylinder press • Etymology: 1925–30 …

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  • 4rotary press — Print. a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper. [1925 30] * * * Printing press that prints on paper passing between a supporting… …

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  • 5printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …

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  • 6Kenosha News — Infobox Newspaper name = Kenosha News caption = The March 6, 2007 front page of the Kenosha News type = Daily newspaper format = Broadsheet foundation = October 22, 1894, as Kenosha Evening News ceased publication = price = owners = United… …

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  • 7Vacuum cleaner — Cylinder vacuum cleaner for home use. French train vacuum cleaner …

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  • 8Phonograph — Turntable redirects here. For other uses, see Turntable (disambiguation). Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899 …

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  • 9Kinetoscope — The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. Though not a movie projector it was designed for films to be viewed individually through the window of a cabinet housing its components the Kinetoscope introduced the basic approach… …

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  • 10technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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