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cylindrical

  • adjective
  • /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/

Shaped like a cylinder.

Other meanings

  1. Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped onto vertical lines and parallels of latitude onto horizontal lines.

Related words

  • conicocylindrical
  • cylindricalness
  • demicylindrical
  • ovocylindrical
  • pentacylindrical
  • polycylindrical
  • sphericocylindrical
  • ovoid-cylindrical
  • cylindrically
  • microcylindrical
  • noncylindrical
  • hemicylindrical

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