A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.
A special short range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
A component of canister type protective mask containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.
A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.
To pack into a canister.
A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.
To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.
