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cylindrical

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  1. 1. a. Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. having the form of a cylinder Source: wordnet
  3. 3. Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. Cylindrical lens, a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface. -- Cylindric, or Cylindrical, surface (Geom.), a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line. -- Cylindrical vault. (Arch.) See under Vault, n. Source: webster
  4. 4. j:100 s. having the form of a cylinder Source: ecdict

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