cylindrical
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of cylindrical
1640–50; < New Latin cylindric ( us ) (< Greek kylindrikós; see cylinder, -ic) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Enviva pioneered the business of pressing sawdust into cylindrical capsules and shipping boatloads of them to overseas power plants looking to burn an alternative to coal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
One of them is typing furiously as his eyes dart from the screen to the robot: "The idea is it will grab that cylindrical piece and move it over there."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
These dimensions point to a thick, cylindrical body.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026
A thousand small cylindrical acrylic mirrors planted in the sand compose a Morse code poem imagining a dialogue between Tangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom, and an Egyptian pharaoh.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
She is setting out the cylindrical food flask full of jollof rice and chicken.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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