cylindrical

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The machines essentially grow silicon crystals into cylindrical ingots that weigh hundreds of pounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It’s kept in cylindrical canisters on the factory floor.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Under a strange pink-purple glow, illuminated panels buzz and cylindrical columns of water bubble away, as a futuristic crop of microalgae grows.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

Axons have long been depicted as smooth and cylindrical, but a new study of mouse neurons challenges that view.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

Balee plucked out half a dozen pieces of ceramic: shards of pots and plates, a chipped length of cylindrical bar that may have been part of a pot’s support leg.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann