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Definition of Cylinder head
1. Noun. A detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump.
Definition of Cylinder head
1. Noun. (automotive) A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cylinder Head
Literary usage of Cylinder head
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"cylinder head Gaskets. There is a copper-asbestos gasket between the cylinder
head and the cylinder block. There is practically no water pressure on this ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"Construction of cylinder head.—The cylinder- head cover chosen to ... 15 (a)
and (/>), the cylinder head being intended for FIG. is. a Corliss engine. Fig. ..."
3. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1915)
"cylinder head of Knox Engine Cut in Two to Show Method of Valve Placing and
Seating Directly in Separately Cast Member. Valves Operated by Rocker Arms. Note ..."
4. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1905)
"The clearance is the volume of the space between the piston and cylinder head
when the engine is on dead centre plus the volume of the steam port leading to ..."
5. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"It can be removed and a new one put in its place, thereby saving the lower cylinder
head. The brass gland is split and made heavy and deep, insuring a good ..."
6. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"Cylinder-head Bolts.—Diameter of bolt-circle for cylinder-head :» diameter of
cylinder + 2 X thickness of cylinder + 2 X diameter of bolts. ..."
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