cylindrical
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cylindricus + -al.[1] By surface analysis, cylinder + -ical.
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editcylindrical (comparative more cylindrical, superlative most cylindrical)
- Shaped like a cylinder.
- Synonym: cylindric
- (cartography) Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped onto vertical lines and parallels of latitude onto horizontal lines.
Derived terms
edit- acylindrical
- bicylindrical
- conicocylindrical
- cylindricality
- cylindricalization
- cylindrically
- cylindricalness
- demicylindrical
- hemicylindrical
- hypercylindrical
- microcylindrical
- noncylindrical
- ovocylindrical
- pentacylindrical
- polycylindrical
- pseudocylindrical
- semicylindrical
- sphericocylindrical
- spherocylindrical
- subcylindrical
- tricylindrical
Translations
editshaped like a cylinder
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References
edit- ^ “cylindrical, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.