' The currently accepted answer is the mass of a cylinder of platinum and iridium called the International Prototype Kilogram.
This is a cylinder composed solely of carbon atoms, and one of its properties is good electrical conductivity.
The reaction would also be carried out in a differently shaped apparatus not a torus, but a cylinder with a magnetic field running along its axis.
Over the next five years, the team will use a long, hollow, rotating drill to cut and retrieve a cylinder of ice roughly 12 centimetres across.
Above the central mass sits the cubic base of the bell tower, which in turn rises solidly as a cylinder, then a drum capped by the dome.
The trick was to use a diamond-shaped cloak, with properties carefully matched at the diamond's corners, to shuttle light perfectly around a cylinder 7.5cm in diameter and 1cm tall.
Its Variable Compression Engine can alter its compression ratio (the volume in a cylinder when the piston is up compared with the volume when it is down) from 14-1 to 8-1, depending on the circumstances.
Nissan offers a four-cylinder and a six-cylinder engine in the new Altima.
The government may simply insist that 3D printer manufacturers install software that prevents printing of a hollow cylinder of a certain size, a firing pin, or a certain type of spring.
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Ford thinks the time is right to bring a three-cylinder to the U.S. market, starting in 2013 with a three-cylinder version of the facelifted 2014 Ford Fiesta.
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The Max Q, for example, is a hulking, 16-foot missile fabricated out of Sonotube, a cardboard cylinder normally used as a form for concrete pilings.
The company announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show that the U.S. version of its Mazda 6 midsize sedan, which got a major redesign for the 2014 model year, will offer a new four-cylinder diesel engine, in addition to a conventional four-cylinder gasoline engine.
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Located within an austere former meatpacking store, the restaurant has a rough-hewn chic interior and a dramatic cylinder-shaped aquarium in the centre that doubles as a raw bar, with stools around its diameter.
Each spacecraft is a spinning cylinder about two metres across and one metre high, crammed with instrumentation.
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Police initially believed the blast in the city's Malleshwaram locality happened after a gas cylinder caught fire, Mr. Gopalkrishna said.
It's hard enough to preserve a wax cylinder originally cut in 1900, but how do you preserve an MP3 file?
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Initial reports had suggested the explosion was caused by a gas cylinder.
Fire crews said one man noticed a leaking valve on a gas cylinder used for cooking and managed to get everybody out with moments to spare.
It was operated by the local company, Sky Cruise, which said a gas cylinder had exploded on board when it was about 300m in the air.
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Place the fig paste on a sheet of aluminum foil and shape it into a rough 6-inch log, then wrap it tightly in the foil, rolling to shape it into a perfect cylinder.
The few hybrids BMW has introduced previously, such as the ActiveHybrid 7 and ActiveHybrid X6, which use an eight-cylinder gasoline engine instead of a six-cylinder, have not sold well.
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Cheney had just undergone a surgical procedure to insert a stent, a steel mesh cylinder that expands to pry open a clogged artery.
His idea works on a similar principle to a solar chimney, which consists of a tall, hollow cylinder surrounded by a large greenhouse.
Despite its name, Clinique's Chubby Stick is taller and actually a little narrower than a traditional lipstick cylinder which helps women apply color inside the lip line without a mirror.
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The good news is that Ford will soon offer an engine worthy of the chassis, a 250-hp turbocharged four-cylinder in a performance variant called the ST.
As a remnant of the Persian Empire, the cylinder is a source of pride for Iranians around the world.
But industry buzz is around the success of a turbocharged, six-cylinder Ford engine that uses a fifth less fuel than older, larger V8 engines of similar power.
The 328d will have a four-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine that puts out 180 horsepower.
You can buy the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK with either a 4- or a 6-cylinder engine.
The last car BMW sold in the United States with a four-cylinder was the 1999 318ti hatchback.
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