cylindrical

[ si-lin-dri-kuhl ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or having the form of a cylinder.

Origin of cylindrical

1640–50; <New Latin cylindric(us) (<Greek kylindrikós;see cylinder, -ic) + -al¹

Also cy·lin·dric [si-lin-drik] /sɪˈlɪn drɪk/ .

Other words from cylindrical

cy·lin·dri·cal·i·ty, cy·lin·dri·cal·ness, noun
cy·lin·dri·cal·ly, adverb
sub·cy·lin·dric, adjective
sub·cy·lin·dri·cal, adjective

Words Nearby cylindrical

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How to use cylindrical in a sentence

A cylindrical mouthpiece, possibly a hollow bird bone, was inserted in the hole, they suspect.
Humans made a horn out of a conch shell about 18,000 years ago | Bruce Bower | February 10, 2021 | Science News
Bea Alvarez pierced the Pauma Valley earth with the metallic bit of her cylindrical soil tester.
Farmers Want to Create San Diego’s Carbon Dumps | MacKenzie Elmer | February 3, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
You can also place a draft stopper — a cylindrical pillow you can get for less than $15 at a hardware store — on windowsills and door thresholds.
How to stop your house’s expensive drafts — and save the planet | Sarah Kaplan | January 27, 2021 | Washington Post
As we just saw, the first Betti number, b1, is the number of circular holes in a shape — like the circle around the cylindrical straw, the three holes in binder paper and the two circular directions of the torus.
Topology 101: The Hole Truth | David S. Richeson | January 26, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
When it comes to lens shape for kids, you can opt for a cylindrical shape which should provide a good amount of visibility for their ski sessions.
Best ski goggles: What to look for in a pair you’ll love | Eric Alt | January 20, 2021 | Popular-Science

If nothing else, the thing looks amazing, like a little black cylindrical bomb.
20 Life-Altering Developments Just Announced at Apple’s Life-Altering Worldwide Developers Conference | Winston Ross | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Two days later, a delivery man brings a large, cylindrical package to my door.
The Nice Thing About Larry Hagman | Megan McArdle | November 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
No pylons, no chemical-poisoned swamps, no cylindrical gas tanks.
Ciao, Roma! Hello, Newark! | James Atlas | January 6, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
At that time one of his high-pressure puffer-engines, with a cylindrical boiler and internal tube, was working in Staffordshire.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
It was of a cylindrical shape, having a deep zone at the equator, and a containing capacity of about 300 feet.
Asbestos | Robert H. Jones
He does not recollect the duty the engine performed with the cylindrical boilers.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
When the cigars are dry the paper is taken off, and the bunch retains the cylindrical shape given it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
The boilers were Trevithick's cylindrical with internal tube, wholly of wrought iron.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for cylindrical

cylindrical

cylindric (sɪˈlɪndrɪk)

/ (sɪˈlɪndrɪkəl) /

adjective

of, shaped like, or characteristic of a cylinder

Derived forms of cylindrical

cylindricality or cylindricalness, noun
cylindrically, adverb

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