cylinder

cilindro

Figura sólida con dos bases circulares planas e iguales y una superficie lateral redonda que se extiende recta entre ellas.

En inglés sencillo: A solid shape with two equal, flat circular ends and a straight, round side.

• A can has the shape of a cylinder.
• Draw two cylinders of different heights.
• We calculated the volume of the cylinder.

Expresiones frecuentes: solid cylinder, cylinder shape, cylinder volume

cilindro

Objeto con dos extremos circulares planos y una superficie lateral redonda que se extiende recta entre ellos.

En inglés sencillo: An object with two flat circular ends and a straight, round side.

• The cylinder is made of steel.
• They delivered two cylinders of oxygen.
• A hollow cylinder holds the rolled document.

Expresiones frecuentes: gas cylinder, metal cylinder, hollow cylinder

cilindro, superficie cilíndrica

Superficie que se obtiene desplazando una curva plana cerrada a lo largo de líneas rectas paralelas.

En inglés sencillo: A surface formed by moving a closed flat curve along straight, parallel lines.

• This equation describes an elliptical cylinder.
• The cylinder extends infinitely along its axis.
• Parallel lines through the curve generate the cylinder.

Expresiones frecuentes: elliptical cylinder, circular cylinder, infinite cylinder