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air cylinder

American  

noun

  1. a cylinder containing air, especially one equipped with a piston and used as a device for checking the recoil of a gun.

air cylinder British  

noun

  1. a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes

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BCA’s air bag pack uses a compressed air cylinder and costs $500, plus another $175 for the compressed air cylinder.

From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2015

BCA’s air bag pack uses a compressed air cylinder and costs $500, plus another $175 for compressed air cylinder.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2015

He is a "skin-diver," and loves nothing better than swimming under water with mask and air cylinder.

From Time Magazine Archive

A compressed air cylinder raises the rod, flips the fish toward the frying pan.

From Time Magazine Archive

In others it passes through the center of the piston and rod, coming in contact with the interior walls of the air cylinder between the packing rings.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various

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