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CYLINDRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cylindric mean?
• CYLINDRIC (adjective)
The adjective CYLINDRIC has 1 sense:
1. having the form of a cylinder
Familiarity information: CYLINDRIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the form of a cylinder
Synonyms:
cylindric; cylindrical
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Derivation:
cylinder (a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases))
cylinder (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)
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