cylindricaladj.
/sɪˈlɪndrɪkəl/ 1. Of the form of a cylinder. cylindrical epithelium = cylinder or columnar epithelium. cylindrical eye: an astigmatic eye. cylindrical lens: a lens of the form of a cylinder, or of which one or both surfaces are portions of cylindrical surfaces. cylindrical vault: ‘one in the shape of the segment of a cylinder’ (Gwilt).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective]
roundc1325
cylindriac1612
cylindrical1646
cylindraceous1676
cylindric1688
cylindrala1711
gun-barrel1747
barrelled1853
cylindriform1870
barrel-shaped1871
roller-type1900
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 106 The grosse and somewhat Cylindricall composure of the legs. View more context for this quotation
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Proem 13 The Cylindrical cavity.
1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xxxiii. §163. 275 Particles of hail, some..globular and others cylindrical.
2. Of, pertaining, or relating to a cylinder. cylindrical projection: a form of projection (in maps, etc.) in which part of a spherical surface is projected upon the surface of a cylinder, which is then unrolled into a plane. (Cf. conical projection at conical adj. 2.) cylindrical machine: a cylinder (printing) machine. cylindrical perspective: that in which objects are delineated as if projected upon the surface of a vertical cylinder from a point in its axis, the surface being then unrolled into a plane.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of or relating to cylinder
cylindrical1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cylindrical, pertaining to, or like a Cylinder.
1862 Rep. of Juries, Exhibition 1862 XXVIII. C 4 The French cylindrical machines are very excellent.
1866 R. A. Proctor Handbk. Stars 38 (note) Mercator's projection is an instance of cylindrical projection, but on a principle altogether distinct.
Derivatives
cyˈlindrically adv.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adverb]
cylindrically1656
1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 84 It distends these fibres, and..makes them enwrap one another, as it were, cylindrically, like a bark.
1768 T. Lane in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 452 The pillar of the Electrometer, made of wood, bored cylindrically about ⅔ of its length.
cyˈlindricalness n.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Cylindricalness, the being of a cylindrical Form.
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