Synonyms for cylindrical
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : si-lin-dri-kuh l or si-lin-drik |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈlɪn drɪ kəl or sɪˈlɪn drɪk |
Définition of cylindrical
Origin :- 1640s, probably from cylindric (but this is attested only from 1680s), from Greek kylindrikos, from kylindros (see cylinder) + -al (1).
- adj tubular
- Corinne put out her hand and patted Pascal's cylindrical wrist.
- Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton
- The asci are cylindrical, slightly pointed at the apex, 8-spored.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- A cylindrical building, unexpected in this wilderness, loomed up.
- Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- The legs were cylindrical, jointed at knee and thigh with huge discs.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
- Conic -al: cylindrical, with a flat base, tapering to a point.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- A great, black, cylindrical shell came with a demoniac shriek.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- His groping hand closed about an object hard and cylindrical.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- I use 'round' rather than 'cylindrical,' for simplicity's sake.
- Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin
- Mallet-heads are made square, cylindrical, and barrel-shaped.
- Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
- In most cases it is cylindrical and it may be compressed in a few cases.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
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