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English Dictionary: cylindric by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cylindric
adj
  1. having the form of a cylinder [syn: cylindrical, cylindric]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical
   \Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from
      ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.]
      Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex
      surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
  
      {Cylindrical lens}, a lens having one, or more than one,
            cylindrical surface.
  
      {Cylindric, [or] Cylindrical}, {surface} (Geom.), a surface
            described by a straight line that moves according to any
            law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line.
           
  
      {Cylindrical vault}. (Arch.) See under {Vault}, n.
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