Thesaurus: tubular

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1. a. Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes.
2. adj. constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
3. Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes. Tubular boiler. See under Boiler. -- Tubular breathing (Med.), a variety of respiratory sound, heard on auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease, resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea. -- Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits. -- Tubular girder, a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them.
4. Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe;fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, orprovided with, tubes. Tubular boiler. See under Boiler.-- Tubular breathing (Med.), a variety of respiratory sound, heardon auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease,resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea.-- Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube,made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over theSt. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over theMenai Straits.-- Tubular girder, a plate girder having two or more vertical webswith a space between them.
5. j:100 s. constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)