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cylindroid

/sil-in-droid/US // ˈsɪl ɪnˌdrɔɪd //UK // (ˈsɪlɪnˌdrɔɪd) //

筒状物,筒子,筒形的,筒式机器人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a solid having the form of a cylinder, especially one with an elliptical, as opposed to a circular, cross section.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling a cylinder.

Examples

  • The sleek, tapered cylindroid might easily have been mistaken for a Naval torpedo, since it was roughly the same size and shape.

  • Again, that wrenches of arbitrary amounts about two given screws compound into a wrench the locus of whose axis is a cylindroid.

  • The name “cylindroid” has been given to two different surfaces.

  • If the fine, cylindroid filaments are seen they may then be examined with a power of 200 or 250 diameters.