Cylindrical definition

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Of, relating to, or having the shape of a cylinder, especially of a circular cylinder.
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(mathematics) Of or relating to the coordinate system, or to any of three coordinates in it, formed by two polar coordinates in a plane and a rectangular coordinate measured perpendicularly from the plane.
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Of or having the shape of a cylinder.
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Shaped like a cylinder.
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Cylindrical Sentence Examples

  • Cylindrical organs may exhibit similar phenomena.

  • The cheese-box still has a vertical cylindrical body, which may be as much as 30 ft.

  • This continuous change of position has been called circumnutation, and is held to be universal in all growing cylindrical organs.

  • In Thomas Walker's harpoon or frictionless log, introduced in 1861, the wheelwork was enclosed in a cylindrical case of the same diameter as the body of the rotator or fan, and the latter was brought close up to the register, forming a compact machine and avoiding the use of the 6-ft.

  • These at first consisted of an ordinary truck on which were placed two wooden tub-like tanks, each holding about 2000 gallons; they were replaced in 1871 by the modern type of tank-car, constructed with a horizontal cylindrical tank of boiler plate.

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