Cylinders in a sentence

As such, isn't always firing on all cylinders (or any cylinders, really), with it taking a while to deliver on the promised showdown referred to in the title.

This is not an operation that is firing on all cylinders, or even knows what cylinders to fire.

According to him, the approved kilogrammes of cylinders to be used as camp gas are from 1 to 7.5kgs of gas cylinders and warned that anything above that is highly detrimental.

Commercial cylinders must 19.4 kg while domestic cylinders must weigh 14.2 kg.

The LPG Marketing Company as part of its marketing strategy will have fibre cylinders for consumers using fibre glass cylinders.

All of these steps minimize danger but increase complexity of operations (for example, personalized cylinders for each diver must generally be kept track of on dive boats with nitrox, which is not the case with generic compressed air cylinders).

At least three cylinders are required with two-stroke engines and at least six cylinders with four-stroke engines to provide torque every 120 degrees.

In many countries, propane is delivered to consumers via small or medium-sized individual cylinders, while empty cylinders are removed for refilling at a central location.

Most V8 engines share a common crankpin between opposite cylinders in each bank, and a 90° V8 crankshaft has just four pins shared by eight cylinders, with two pistons per crankpin, allowing a cylinder to fire every 90° to achieve smooth operation.

Smaller engines would be built with vertical cylinders, while most medium- and large-sized industrial engines were built with horizontal cylinders, just as steam engines had been.

Swing out cylinders are rather strong, but not as strong as fixed cylinders, and great care must be taken with the cylinder when loading, so as not to damage the crane.

The connecting rods may sit side-by-side with offset cylinders, or they may be "fork & blade" items with cylinders in the same plane without an offset.

The FIM rules limited engines to four cylinders, so the NR500 had non-circular, 'race-track', cylinders, each with 8 valves and two connecting rods, in order to provide sufficient valve area to compete with the dominant two-stroke racers.

Therefore, the bore, and often the stroke, are increased in low-pressure cylinders resulting in larger cylinders.

The upper seven cylinders are collected by a ring while the other cylinders remain directed to individual ports.

Another is to float the jet on top of cylinders and roll it up onto the runway.

A number of cylinders were also reportedly on-site at the time.

BMW has been firing on all cylinders when it comes to electric cars, and now offers a range of options.

But Central was rolling on all cylinders when it outscored Glenwood 20-11 in the third.

Cintas is a powerhouse, they seem to be firing on all cylinders, growing the top line, efficiently allocating capital, buying back shares, and growing the dividend, this company seems to have everything almost an investor could want.