cylindrical
cylindrical
Definition
cy·lin·dri·cal (sə lin′dri kəl)
adjective
of or having the shape of a cylinder
also cylindric cy·lin′·dric
Related Forms:
- cylindricality cy·lin′·dri·cal′·ity (-kal′ə tē) noun
- cylindrically cy·lin′·dri·cally adverb
cylindrical
Synonyms
cylindrical
Usage Examples
Used with adjective complement
- have: Young shoots This bright green plant has cylindrical stems with paired branches like the stems which are the leaves.
Modifies a noun
- portion: The surfer actually rides inside the cylindrical portion of the wave.
- bore: The drones have narrow cylindrical bores with single reeds.
- connector: In this case, the flute was turned around and the output end of the flute body was coupled to the cylindrical connector.
- symmetry: If the duct is assumed to have cylindrical symmetry, the changes in radius can also be calculated.
- projection: Warning Do not draw filled contours over the poles on Cylindrical map projections.
- shell: Could the collection of objects in the scene fit together to make a spherical or cylindrical shell?
Modifying Another Word
- roughly: Ears with two rows form a flat ear; those with six rows form a roughly cylindrical ear.
- essentially: The coaxial arrangement is of particular interest in this context, as its essentially cylindrical form factor lends itself to packaging into munitions.
- perfectly: In this way, when the two halves are reunited a perfectly cylindrical form is guaranteed.
- almost: The vessels have flat bases and slightly globular or almost cylindrical bodies.
- approximately: Around each column, the depletion region is approximately cylindrical.
- short: Lower, not visible part ± short cylindrical, narrowing at the base, densely covered with the old, dried up tubercles.
Preposition: in
- shape: Hollows cylindrical in shape, usually with length much greater than the diameter of the part.
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