semicylinder
noun
half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
semicylindrical
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a word derived from
semicylinder.
Example Sentences
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In front of the white limestone building at No. 1901 Constitution Avenue, in Washington, stands a semicylindrical mirror.
From Time Magazine Archive
He will have banged his bones on the breath-taking Cyclone Safety Coaster and the Flying Turns, a toboggan which makes its twists through semicylindrical tunnels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leaves when in pairs semicylindrical, becoming channelled; when more than 2 triangular; their edges in our species serrulate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
They are usually about 4 feet in length, with a width of about 2 feet, a height of 18 inches, and in Maine are usually of semicylindrical form.
From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by John N. (John Nathan) Cobb
The semicylindrical portions of the leaf-stalk are formed into cradles for children, or made into splints for fractures.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders
