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cylindroid
[ sil-in-droid ]
noun
- a solid having the form of a cylinder, especially one with an elliptical, as opposed to a circular, cross section.
adjective
- resembling a cylinder.
cylindroid
/ ˈsɪlɪnˌdrɔɪd /
noun
- a cylinder with an elliptical cross section
adjective
- resembling a cylinder
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cylindroid1
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Example Sentences
The sleek, tapered cylindroid might easily have been mistaken for a Naval torpedo, since it was roughly the same size and shape.
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Again, that wrenches of arbitrary amounts about two given screws compound into a wrench the locus of whose axis is a cylindroid.
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The name “cylindroid” has been given to two different surfaces.
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If the fine, cylindroid filaments are seen they may then be examined with a power of 200 or 250 diameters.
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