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cylindrical

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L IH1 N D R IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Shaped like a cylinder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cylindric

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped onto vertical lines and parallels of latitude onto horizontal lines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having the form of a cylinder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cylindric

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin cylindricus + -al. By surface analysis, cylinder + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: cilíndricu — shaped like a cylinder
  • Belarusian: цыліндры́чны (cylindrýčny) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Bulgarian: цилиндричен (cilindričen) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Catalan: cilíndric — shaped like a cylinder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓柱形的 /圆柱形的 (yuánzhùxíng de) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Czech: válcový — shaped like a cylinder
  • Czech: válcovitý — shaped like a cylinder
  • Danish: cylindrisk — shaped like a cylinder
  • Dutch: cilindrisch — shaped like a cylinder
  • Dutch: cilindervormig — shaped like a cylinder
  • Esperanto: cilindra — shaped like a cylinder
  • Finnish: liereä — shaped like a cylinder
  • Finnish: lieriön muotoinen — shaped like a cylinder
  • French: cylindrique — shaped like a cylinder
  • Galician: cilíndrico — shaped like a cylinder
  • German: zylindrisch — shaped like a cylinder
  • Greek: κυλινδρικός (kylindrikós) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Ancient Greek: κυλινδρικός (kulindrikós) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Hungarian: hengeres — shaped like a cylinder
  • Icelandic: sívalningslaga — shaped like a cylinder
  • Icelandic: sívalur — shaped like a cylinder
  • Italian: cilindrico — shaped like a cylinder
  • Korean: 원통형의 (wontonghyeong-ui) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Latin: cylindricus — shaped like a cylinder
  • Macedonian: валчест (valčest) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Macedonian: цилиндричен (cilindričen) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Malay: belujur — shaped like a cylinder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sylindrisk — shaped like a cylinder
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sylindrisk — shaped like a cylinder
  • Polish: cylindryczny — shaped like a cylinder
  • Polish: walcowaty — shaped like a cylinder
  • Portuguese: cilíndrico — shaped like a cylinder
  • Romanian: cilindric — shaped like a cylinder
  • Russian: цилиндри́ческий (cilindríčeskij) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Serbo-Croatian: цилѝндричан — shaped like a cylinder
  • Serbo-Croatian: ва̏љкаст — shaped like a cylinder
  • Serbo-Croatian: cilìndričan — shaped like a cylinder
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȁljkast — shaped like a cylinder
  • Slovak: valcový — shaped like a cylinder
  • Slovak: valcovitý — shaped like a cylinder
  • Slovene: cilíndričen — shaped like a cylinder
  • Spanish: cilíndrico — shaped like a cylinder
  • Swedish: cylindrisk — shaped like a cylinder
  • Tagalog: bumbungin — shaped like a cylinder
  • Tagalog: binumbong — shaped like a cylinder
  • Tamil: உருளை (uruḷai) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Ukrainian: циліндри́чний (cylindrýčnyj) — shaped like a cylinder
  • Zazaki: silindirik — shaped like a cylinder
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