It is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder, when the piston is at the bottom of its stroke, and the volume when the piston is at the top of its stroke.

The piston descends from the top of the cylinder to the bottom of the cylinder, increasing the volume of the cylinder.

Anaximander (c. 550 BC) believed the Earth was a short cylinder with a flat, circular top that remained stable because it was the same distance from all things.

Birds change the angle of attack between the up stroke and the down stroke of their wings.

During the down stroke the angle of attack is increased, and is decreased during the up stroke.

(2007) suggested that the higher stroke incidence in the stroke belt is related to experiences or exposures in childhood.

Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight

A common design is a cylinder with end caps called heads.

I don't have time for a stroke!

She suffered another stroke in February 1974.

Gustav died the following year from a stroke.

What happened next was remarkable, and it's where our cylinder enters the story.

The identifiers have mainly been used by customs officers to verify cylinder contents.

With that one stroke, Thailand s popularly elected government fell.

While most observational studies have focused primarily on stroke incidence in adults, in 2004 researchers reported that children in the eleven stroke belt states also have an increased risk of death from ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke compared with children in other states.

When he has his great celebrations in Persepolis, he summons the cylinder and the cylinder is lent by the British Museum, goes to Tehran, and is part of those great celebrations of the Pahlavi dynasty.

And in that moment my right arm went totally paralyzed by my side. Then I realized, Oh my gosh! I'm having a stroke! I'm having a stroke!

Some investigators also consider northern Florida to be a part of the stroke belt, based on a stroke mortality rate higher than several states included in the region.

And usually we'll have a slightly larger cylinder mounted exterior on the rebreather, like this.

The current range includes a variety of three and four cylinder petrol and diesel engines.

At a single stroke, Buffett has given purpose to his life.

Ruslan died in June 2005 after suffering from stroke and pneumonia.

So someone came up with a very clever idea, to instead of heating the whole cylinder and cooling the whole cylinder, what about if you put a displacer inside a little thing that shuttles the air back and forth.

It's just a small cylinder down here which holds the generator inside and all the linkage and it's the hot cap the hot cylinder on the top this part gets hot, this part is cool, and electricity comes out.

The gasoline is highly pressurized, and injected via a common rail fuel line directly into the combustion chamber of each cylinder, as opposed to conventional multi point fuel injection that injects fuel into the intake tract, or cylinder port.

Working in so uncompetitive a market is a real stroke of luck.

They are also associated with increased risk of heart disease and stroke.

Following a stroke, he died in his rectory on 3 March 1765.

Baird died in Bexhill on 14 June 1946 after a stroke in February.

Return them to me ! ' And he began to stroke their shanks and necks .

Return them to me ! ' And he began to stroke their shanks and necks .

Think now of an 8 cylinder engine running not on five cylinders, but on two or three at best.

At present, however, there is insufficient evidence for routine use of acupuncture in stroke.

You cannot recover from a stroke and return to work in a normal condition.

Similar high stroke rates were later observed in the Mississippi Delta region as well.

He died in the morning of Saturday July 2, 2011, after suffering a stroke.

Even to day is my complaint bitter my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.

Periodically, they remove a cylinder of ice, like gamekeepers popping a spent shotgun shell from the barrel of a drill.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon s disabling stroke has thrown Israeli politics into turmoil yet again.

It had cylinders of 24 inches (64 cm) diameter by 51 inches (135 cm) stroke.

Remove thy stroke away from me I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

And it's the subject of a huge debate about what this cylinder means, what Cyrus means, but above all, Cyrus as articulated through this cylinder Cyrus as the defender of the homeland, the champion, of course, of Iranian identity and of the Iranian peoples, tolerant of all faiths.

Cylinder capacities may range from 10 cm³ or less in model engines up to several thousand cubic centimetres in ships' engines.

Last year, with the stroke of his pen, Obama ended his predecessor s global war on terror.