tubular : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tubular	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tubular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tubular adj constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) Synonym(s): tubular, cannular, tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tubular \Tu"bular\, a. [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, or pipe. See {Tube}.] Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular* snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes. {Tubular boiler}. See under {Boiler}. {Tubular breathing} (Med.), a variety of respiratory sound, heard on auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease, resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea. {Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits. {Tubular girder}, a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them.