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semicylinder
[ sem-ee-sil-in-der, sem-ahy- ]
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- sem·i·cy·lin·dri·cal [sem-ee-si-, lin, -dri-k, uh, l, sem-ahy-], semi·cy·lindric adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of semicylinder1
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Example Sentences
I made in former years such a research with regard to tuning forks of prismatic form, that is to say, of a constant rectangular section continuing even into the bent portion where the parallel branches are united by a semicylinder, at the middle of which is the wrought iron rod as well as the branches.
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This structure was well exhibited in an abnormal specimen, in which one of the two cotyledons failed to produce a petiole, whilst the other produced one consisting of an open semicylinder ending in a sharp point, formed of the parts just described.
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