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also cylindric
as in spherical
shaped like a cylinder
a cylindrical oil tank a cylindrical tower
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Recent Examples of cylindrical
The cylindrical steam engine was invented in 1769.
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Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Here, a tall cylindrical vase is filled to the top with basic white pumpkins and perched atop a dining room buffet for an eye-catching fall display.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Weighing under 250 grams and measuring 60 millimeters across, the cylindrical Airy consumes less than 8 watts, while supporting up to 192 channels that reach as far as 60 meters.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Compared with the third-generation BlackFly aircraft, about 97 percent of Helix’s components are new, including the cylindrical cells in its nine-kilowatt-hour battery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Here, a tall cylindrical vase is filled to the top with basic white pumpkins and perched atop a dining room buffet for an eye-catching fall display.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Weighing under 250 grams and measuring 60 millimeters across, the cylindrical Airy consumes less than 8 watts, while supporting up to 192 channels that reach as far as 60 meters.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Compared with the third-generation BlackFly aircraft, about 97 percent of Helix’s components are new, including the cylindrical cells in its nine-kilowatt-hour battery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cylindrical
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The science behind the glass sphere design The spherical shape is more than a design choice.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Acording to the researchers, this is the first time supression has been observed in a spherical tokamak.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Shari Glazer is the founder and CEO of Kalos Labs, a consulting agency that advises and strategizes global brands on blockchain technologies, NFTs and cryptocurrency.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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These larger-scale simulations are known as global simulations.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Hanging below the vast cosmic heart is a knot of dust and gas known informally as the Fishhead Nebula, thanks to its vaguely oval outline and a dark dust filament that gives it the appearance of an aquatic creature.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The main use case for an oval Dutch oven is for large cuts of meat like a rack of lamb.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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In Disc Pearl, ovoid motifs in the soft Sakuragold gold were outlined with diamonds and reflected the softness of South Sea pearls.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, her hand emerged, gripping an ovoid glass jar with a pale-yellow label.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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In the new study, led by Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, researchers suggest that the oblong shape of the basin isn't from a head-on collision with an asteroid coming from the south, as previously believed.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The unusual, oblong Phantom is a clean-sheet twinjet design that looks like something out of a 1950s sci-fi movie.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2025
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Every bit of ground was drenched in sunlight and steaming in the heat, except for the living room that harbored the only wild population of Chittenango ovate amber snails in the world.—
Jessica Suarez Oliver Whang,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2022
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“Cylindrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cylindrical. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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