Sentence examples for cylinder about from inspiring English sources
The phrase "cylinder about" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It means that something is shaped like a cylinder or is in the general vicinity of a cylinder. Example: The engine was a massive cylinder about two feet in diameter.
It's a tiny white cylinder, about three inches long.
The eventual space station will be a cylinder about 110 ft. long & 33 ft. in diamter.
3 Halve the mix, then roll each half into a cylinder about 10cm long.
The sensor, which is a cylinder about 1.5 inches long, requires about 13 microwatts of power.
Roll the dough into a cylinder about 2 inches in diameter and 12 to 15 inches long.
It's a very firm, slightly tapered cylinder about six inches high and embossed with a basket weave.
For hot dogs, you want cylinders, about 6" long, and for hamburgers, just shape it into balls, then flatten them a bit with your hands.
Keggin ions are almost spherical and about 1 nm in diameter with 3– charge, whereas Dawson ions are close to an elongated cylinder of about 1.5 × 1 nm with 6– or 7– charge.
(They come in cylinders with about 24 bangles each, and about a dozen bangles mixed together make perfect napkin rings).
Opposed to theoverwhelming prestige of the foreign threats was the lone American entry, the Thomas, a two-thousand-dollar stock-model, chain-drive, four cylinder run-about.
Called the DiesOtto, this 238-horsepower engine uses turbocharging, direct fuel injection and extremely precise control of the combustion process to achieve V-6 levels of power with 4-cylinder economy — about 44 miles per gallon.
