Outside of the technical issues, there is a concern about turning foodâcorn in the U.S.âinto fuel. Partially driven by an 8-percent rise in corn orders from ethanol plants, corn prices doubled in the last six months of 2010 and are expected to continue rising. There are benefits to ethanol, of course. It has a higher octane rating, so it supports a higher compression ratio and more aggressive ignition timing. Like its cousin methanol, with its high octane and clean burn, ethanol makes a good racing fuel. NASCAR, a politically astute organization, is running E85 this season.
I agree with Diane that with this meaning of the word cylinder it has 3 faces, 2 edges and no vertices. There is however a technical meaning of the word cylinder that results in a different answer.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a cylinder is a three dimensional shape with two round shapes at either end and two parallel lines connecting the round ends. An example of cylinder is a can of tomato soup.ylinder-Computer Definition. The aggregate of all tracks that reside in the same location on every disk surface. On multiple-platter disks, the cylinder is the sum total of every track with the same track number on every surface. On a floppy disk, a cylinder comprises the top and corresponding bottom track.