indented cylinder
- noun
- Specialized
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cilindro acanalado
- The grain was processed through an indented cylinder to remove broken kernels.
Examples
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Modern mills often use an indented cylinder to improve the quality of their seed separation.
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After calibration, the indented cylinder efficiently sorted the seeds by size.
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The indented cylinder efficiently separates grains by size.
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Farmers use an indented cylinder for grain sorting.
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The indented cylinder is crucial in modern agriculture for separating grains into precise sizes.
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Using an indented cylinder, the mill can effectively sort kernels based on their length.
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An indented cylinder allows farmers to efficiently process their harvest by categorizing seeds.
Synonyms
A machine that separates whole grains from broken ones using a turning cylinder with small pockets
A machine that sorts grain by kernel length using rotating cylinders
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional description: 'indented' = having depressions and 'cylinder' = a cylindrical object, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a cylinder with indentations. Although the full technical use (a grain-separating rotating machine) is specialised, the basic physical form and meaning are directly derivable from the constituents and therefore predictable.
Etymology
Indented cylinder comes from a simple machine image: a cylinder is a round tube and indented means it has small pockets that catch grain as it turns. As the cylinder turns, kernels of a certain length sit in the pockets while smaller pieces fall away, so the name now means a machine that 'sorts' or 'separates' grain by size.
