cylindroid

[ sil-in-droid ]

noun

1. a solid having the form of a cylinder, especially one with an elliptical, as opposed to a circular, cross section.

adjective

1. resembling a cylinder.

cylindroid

/ ˈsɪlɪnˌdrɔɪd /

noun

1. a cylinder with an elliptical cross section

adjective

1. resembling a cylinder

Word History and Origins

Origin of cylindroid¹

First recorded in 1655–65, cylindroid is from the Greek word kylindroeidḗs cylinderlike. See cylinder, -oid

Example Sentences

The sleek, tapered cylindroid might easily have been mistaken for a Naval torpedo, since it was roughly the same size and shape.

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Again, that wrenches of arbitrary amounts about two given screws compound into a wrench the locus of whose axis is a cylindroid.

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The name “cylindroid” has been given to two different surfaces.

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If the fine, cylindroid filaments are seen they may then be examined with a power of 200 or 250 diameters.

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