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spherocylindrical

spherocylindrical adjective: having one spheric and one cylindric surface.

Adjective

spherocylindrical (comparative more spherocylindrical, superlative most spherocylindrical)

  1. Having one spheric and one cylindric surface.

Forms of spherocylindrical

comparativemore spherocylindrical
superlativemost spherocylindrical

Origin of spherocylindrical

From sphere + -o- + cylindrical or spherocylinder + -ical.

Questions about spherocylindrical

What does spherocylindrical mean?
Spherocylindrical means having one spheric and one cylindric surface.
What part of speech is spherocylindrical?
Spherocylindrical is an adjective.

Words near spherocylindrical in the dictionary

  1. spherocrystal
  2. spherocrystalline
  3. spherocrystals
  4. spherocylinder
  5. spherocylinders
  6. spherocylindrical
  7. spherocyst
  8. spherocysts
  9. spherocyte
  10. spherocytes
  11. spherocytic

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