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أُسْطُوانَة
cylinder /ʔʊsˤ.tˤʊˈwaː.na/
nounB2#4170 most common
Also: (phonograph/vinyl) record, disc, gas cylinder, tank, pillar, column (classical)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ أُسْطُوانَةٌ.
This is a cylinder.
أُسْطُوانَةُ الغازِ فارِغَةٌ.
The gas cylinder is empty.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ أُسْطُوانَةَ أَغانٍ قَديمَةً.
I bought an old music record.
شَكْلُ هٰذا العَمودِ يُشْبِهُ الأُسْطُوانَةَ.
The shape of this column resembles a cylinder.
تُقاسُ سِعَةُ أُسْطُوانَةِ المُحَرِّكِ بِالسَنْتيمِتْرِ المُكَعَّبِ.
The capacity of an engine cylinder is measured in cubic centimeters.
في الهَنْدَسَةِ الفَراغِيَّةِ، يُحْسَبُ حَجْمُ الأُسْطُوانَةِ بِضَرْبِ مِساحَةِ قاعِدَتِها في اِرْتِفاعِها.
In solid geometry, the volume of a cylinder is calculated by multiplying its base area by its height.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أُسْطُوانَةٌ | أُسْطُوانَاتٌ |
| Genitive | أُسْطُوانَةٍ | أُسْطُوانَاتٍ |
| Accusative | أُسْطُوانَةً | أُسْطُوانَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا أُسْطُوانَةُ | يا أُسْطُوانَاتُ |
Word family
أُسْطُوانِيّcylindrical
أَساطينpillars; figuratively, the great masters or doyens of a field
أُسْطُوانَاتcylinders, records, or discs
Etymology
Arabic lexicographers describe أُسْطُوانَة as an arabization of a Persian word for pillar or column, brought into Arabic with a prosthetic alif at the front. In classical usage it meant a supporting pillar, as in mosque architecture. Modern Arabic broadened the word to the geometric solid, the cylinder, and from there to a gas cylinder, a phonograph record, and colloquially a CD.
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