cylindrical
adjective
of, relating to, or having the form of a cylinder.
cylindrically
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a word derived from
cylindrical.
Example Sentences
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Privacy The most suitable tree for a privacy screen along your side yard is the nonnative arborvitae, a cylindrically shaped evergreen with scale-like leaves instead of needles.
From Washington Post
The standard-size Galaxie will have its massive circular taillights set into cylindrically sculptured rear fenders in a kind of twin jet effect.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rather difficult flight of steps goes down to a narrow passage leading into a cylindrically vaulted cell with niches in the walls.
From Yorkshire by Gordon Home
Cold-rolled Shafting—This is shafting made cylindrically round and parallel by means of cold rolling, which leaves a smooth and bright surface.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Thus, it would be very difficult indeed to turn up a spindle of an inch in diameter and, say, 14 feet long, and finish it cylindrically true, parallel, and smooth, because 1st.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
