cylindrical
pronunciation
How to pronounce cylindrical in British English:
UK [səˈlɪndrɪkl]
How to pronounce cylindrical in American English:
US [səˈlɪndrɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- having the form of a cylinder or tube
- related to or having the shape or properties of a cylinder
Word Origin
- cylindrical (adj.)
- 1640s, probably from cylindric (but this is attested only from 1680s), from Greek kylindrikos, from kylindros (see cylinder) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. It was an ideal wave , smooth and cylindrical .
- 2. The millimeter-wave machine is grayish-white and is more cylindrical .
- 3. For example , how do cylindrical ice cream tubs compare with rectangular ice cream tubs ?
- 4. Ice cores - long , cylindrical sections of ice removed from polar ice caps and glaciers - are humanity 's richest source of prehistoric climate data .
- 5. During auditing , haggis grasped a cylindrical electrode in each hand ; when he first joined scientology , the electrodes were empty soup cans .