acicular
[ uh-sik-yuh-ler ]
adjective
shaped like a needle.
Metallurgy.
(of cast iron) containing ferrite in a needlelike form.
(of an alloy) having a microstructure of needlelike components.
Origin of acicular
1Other words from acicular
- a·cic·u·lar·i·ty [uh-sik-yuh-lar-i-tee], /əˌsɪk yəˈlær ɪ ti/, noun
- a·cic·u·lar·ly, adverb
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How to use acicular in a sentence
acicular, as-ik′ū-lar, adj. needle-shaped; slender and sharp-pointed.
Spores of Bacidia fuscorubella to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, acicular type.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonNot far from the shore, I noticed, in a little ravine, a group of eight acicular-leaved trees.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy | Ida PfeifferHyoscyamine crystallizes in the acicular form, with greater difficulty even than atropine, it also forms less compact crystals.
The obelisk is from another of Nature's patterns; it is only a gigantic acicular crystal.
Over the Teacups | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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