Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cylindric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical
\Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from
ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.]
Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex
surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
{Cylindrical lens}, a lens having one, or more than one,
cylindrical surface.
{Cylindric, or Cylindrical}, {surface} (Geom.), a surface
described by a straight line that moves according to any
law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line.
{Cylindrical vault}. (Arch.) See under {Vault}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cylindric
adj : related to or having the shape or properties of a cylinder
[syn: {cylindrical}]
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