cylindrical
US/sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/
cylindrical adjective: shaped like a cylinder.
Adjective
cylindrical (comparative more cylindrical, superlative most cylindrical)
- Shaped like a cylinder.
- Where rectangular storage containers make a mess of mismatched lids and sometimes unstackable shapes, the ordinary cylindrical deli cups used for food delivery are far superior.2019 April 3, Janelle Zara, “How to Organize Your Kitchen Like a Professional Chef”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2020
- Synonyms:
- cylindric
- Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped onto vertical lines and parallels of latitude onto horizontal lines.
cylindrical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cylindrical in Hindi
- बेलनाकार, नलाकार
cylindrical in Tamil
- shaped like a cylinder
- உருளை uruḷai
cylindrical in Marathi
- cylindrical, spherical
- गोल gol
cylindrical in Urdu
- سلنڈریکل
More languagesFewer languages
- cylindrical in Telugu
- గుండు guṇḍu
- cylindrical in Kannada
- ಗುಂಡು guṇḍu
- cylindrical in Punjabi
- ਸਿਲੰਡਰਿਕ, ਸਿਲੰਡਰਿਕਲ, ਬੇਲਨਾਕਾਰ
- cylindrical in Gujarati
- નળાકાર naḷākār
- cylindrical in Odia
- ବେଲନାକାର
- cylindrical in Nepali
- सिलिन्डरिकल
- cylindrical in Tagalog
- bumbungin, binumbong
- cylindrical in Malay
- belujur
Examples of cylindrical in a sentence
- More conical backbores give a richer tone, while more cylindrical ones give a brighter, more projected tone.
- Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.
- Turns out a sock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic.
Synonyms of cylindrical
Forms of cylindrical
| comparative | more cylindrical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cylindrical |
Origin of cylindrical
From Latin cylindricus + -al. By surface analysis, cylinder + -ical.
Words formed from cylindrical
- acylindrical
- bicylindrical
- conicocylindrical
- cylindricality
- cylindricalization
- cylindrically
- cylindricalness
- demicylindrical
- hemicylindrical
- hypercylindrical
- microcylindrical
- noncylindrical
- ovocylindrical
- ovoid-cylindrical
- pentacylindrical
- polycylindrical
- pseudocylindrical
- semicylindrical
- sphericocylindrical
- spherocylindrical
- subcylindrical
- tricylindrical
Questions about cylindrical
- What does cylindrical mean?
- Cylindrical means shaped like a cylinder.
- What is cylindrical in Hindi?
- Cylindrical in Hindi is बेलनाकार, नलाकार. See Cylindrical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cylindrical?
- Cylindrical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cylindrical?
- Cylindrical is pronounced /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/ (US).
Words near cylindrical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cylindrical (page history and authors); cylindrical (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); गोल (Marathi) (page history and authors); cylindrical (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); గుండు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಗುಂಡು (Kannada) (page history and authors); cylindrical (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); નળાકાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); cylindrical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cylindrical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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