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cylindric

cylindric adjective: of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.

Adjective

cylindric (comparative more cylindric, superlative most cylindric)

  1. Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
    Synonyms:
    cylindrical

Synonyms of cylindric

Forms of cylindric

comparativemore cylindric
superlativemost cylindric
alternative formcylindrick

Origin of cylindric

From Latin cylindricus. By surface analysis, cylinder + -ic.

Words formed from cylindric

Questions about cylindric

What does cylindric mean?
Cylindric means of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
What part of speech is cylindric?
Cylindric is an adjective.

Words near cylindric in the dictionary

  1. cylinders
  2. cylindraceous
  3. cylindrachetid
  4. cylindrachetids
  5. cylindrenchyma
  6. cylindric
  7. cylindrical
  8. cylindricality
  9. cylindricalization
  10. cylindrically
  11. cylindricalness

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