Cy
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- Abbreviation of Cubic Yard.
- Cyanide Process
- A method for separating a metal from an ore.
- Cyaniding
- Casehardening method that introduces carbon and nitrogen to the workpiece simultaneously.
- Cyanoacrylate
- More commonly known as Super Glue or Instant Glue.
- Cyanocobolamin
- Commonly known as vitamin B12.
- Cyanoethene
- Alternative name for Acrylonitrile.
- Cyanogen
- Colourless very poisonous gas that smells of bitter almonds.
- Cycle
- One complete repetition of a periodic motion.
- Cycle Counting
- Cycle counting is used to summarize lengthy, irregular load-versus-time histories by providing the number of times cycles of various amplitudes occur.
- Cycles per Second
- The rate of repetition of periodic motion measured in hertz (cycles per second).
- Cyclic Polygon
- A polygon whose vertices lie on a circle.
- Cyclic Redundancy Check
- An integrity checking process for block data.
- Cycloalkanes
- Saturated compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms in which the carbon backbone forms a ring structure.
- Cyclogenesis
- The process that creates a new low pressure system or cyclone, or intensifies a pre-existing one.
- Cycloid
- The curve described by a point on a circle as it rolls along a line.
- Cyclon
- Alternative name for Hydrogen Cyanide.
- Cyclone
- An area of closed pressure circulation with rotating and converging winds, the centre of which is a relative pressure minimum.
- Cyclotron
- A type of particle accelerator in which an ion introduced at the centre is accelerated in an expanding spiral path by use of alternating electrical fields in the presence of a magnetic field.
- Cyclotron Radius
- Also known as Larmor Radius.
- Cylinder
- A right angle circular cylinder.
- Cylinder Block
- A number of cylinders cast in one piece.
- Cylinder Head
- The detachable part of the top of the cylinder block that seals the cylinder and forms the top of the combustion chamber.
- Cylinder Liner
- A cylindrical lining that is inserted into the cylinder jacket or cylinder block and in which the piston slides.
- Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector
- A parabolically shaped reflector that resembles part of a cylinder.
- Cylindrical Wave
- A wave in which the surfaces of constant phase are coaxial cylinders.
- Cysteine
C3H7NO2S
A naturally occurring amino acid with an SH group on its side chain.
- Cystine
C6H12N2O4S2
A naturally occurring amino acid with a disulfide bridge group on its side chain, formed by condensation of two cysteine residues.
- Cytochromes
- Heme proteins serving as electron carriers in cellular respiration, photosynthesis, or other redox reactions.
- Cytokinesis
- The final separation of daughter cells following mitosis.
- Cytoplasm
- A jelly like material found in a living cell.
- Cytoskeleton
- The filamentous network providing structure, organization and motion to the cytoplasm: includes actin filaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments.
- Cytosol
- The fluid content of the cytoplasm, excluding the membrane bound organelles.