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View definitions for cylindrical

cylindrical

adjective as in tubular

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Example Sentences

This shape enables the tank to withstand a greater amount of pressure than a cylindrical tank can, Beyelia said.

The shape of its hull - the part where the passengers were - was cylindrical rather than spherical so the effects of the pressure were not distributed evenly.

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Titan’s hull was also an unusual shape - cylindrical, rather than spherical.

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Her left hand clutched a cylindrical plastic container.

On a stormy, steamy summer day in 2003, as I approached the Gasometer Oberhausen, which the Third Reich used for fuel storage, I expected the enormous cylindrical structure would prove the gloomiest building in Germany.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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