cylindrical
adjective
cy·lin·dri·cal
sə-ˈlin-dri-kəl 
variants
or less commonly cylindric
: relating to or having the form or properties of a cylinder
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The Field 7 looks totally different, thanks to its cylindrical shape, and is much bigger and heavier at 8.8 by 20.2 by 8.7 inches and 13.9 pounds.
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PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
To get that speed, the atomic scientists started with long cylindrical bombs, but Ferebee and ballistics experts found that the length hindered an appropriate nose dive for accurate bombing.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
One of the jacket-wearers, a man with a septum piercing named Benjamin, spends his free time 3-D-printing custom bagpipe drones—the cylindrical pipes that sound the instrument’s continuous, harmonically dense vibrations.
—Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
Many planetary nebulas appear cylindrical, bi-polar, or round, but NGC 6072 is different.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
To get that speed, the atomic scientists started with long cylindrical bombs, but Ferebee and ballistics experts found that the length hindered an appropriate nose dive for accurate bombing.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
One of the jacket-wearers, a man with a septum piercing named Benjamin, spends his free time 3-D-printing custom bagpipe drones—the cylindrical pipes that sound the instrument’s continuous, harmonically dense vibrations.
—Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025
Many planetary nebulas appear cylindrical, bi-polar, or round, but NGC 6072 is different.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 July 2025
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“Cylindrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cylindrical. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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