Synonyms for cylindrical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : si-lin-dri-kuh l or si-lin-drik

Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈlɪn drɪ kəl or sɪˈlɪn drɪk

Définition of cylindrical

Origin : 1640s, probably from cylindric (but this is attested only from 1680s), from Greek kylindrikos, from kylindros (see cylinder) + -al (1).

adj tubular

Example sentences :

Corinne put out her hand and patted Pascal's cylindrical wrist.
Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton

The asci are cylindrical, slightly pointed at the apex, 8-spored.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

A cylindrical building, unexpected in this wilderness, loomed up.
Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl

The legs were cylindrical, jointed at knee and thigh with huge discs.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

Conic -al: cylindrical, with a flat base, tapering to a point.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

A great, black, cylindrical shell came with a demoniac shriek.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

His groping hand closed about an object hard and cylindrical.
Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx

I use 'round' rather than 'cylindrical,' for simplicity's sake.
Extract from : « Proserpina, Volume 1 » by John Ruskin

Mallet-heads are made square, cylindrical, and barrel-shaped.
Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes

In most cases it is cylindrical and it may be compressed in a few cases.
Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

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