Definition of “cylindrical”

Usage examples

• Nathan followed the rider to a species of cylindrical kiosk and stepped through a sliding door into what was plainly a lift.

  Amanda Hemingway, THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: The Sangreal Trilogy One (2004)

• One previously reported swimming device, based on a cylindrical magnet, was 8mm long (New Scientist print edition, June 2001).

  New Scientist (2004)

• The SIM release tool turned out to be a cylindrical lump of metal with what looks like the end of a paperclip stuck to the tip.

  The Australian (2005)

• It doesn't fit into existing factories, which are built to assemble a cylindrical fuselage with stubby wings.

  Times, Sunday Times (2002)

• It is a cylindrical mass of nerve cells which connects the brain to the other parts of the body via the spinal nerves.

  McMonagle, D., Science Basic Facts (1989)