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cylindrically

cylindrically

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In a way that is round and long like a tube
  • adverb
  • /sɪˈlɪndrɪkli/
: cilíndricamente
  • Even the handle on it was cylindrically shaped and recessed.
  • cylindrically symmetric

Examples

  • Another built sort of spherical ones, the eggs and spiders being arranged more cylindrically than spherically now that I remember better.

    Blog text (3)
  • Sigma or π It'll be Sigma because it's cylindrically symmetric.

  • Sigma orbital is cylindrically symmetric about the bonding axis.

  • The Floating Mass Transducer is a cylindrically shaped transducer, approximately 1.5 mm in diameter and 2 mm long.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Typically, electron optical instruments use "round" (cylindrically symmetric) magnetic lenses.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The depth equation is an eigenvalue problem that yields a set of normal modes satisfying the preceding boundary conditions. When combined with the range solution, the modes propagate along the waveguide and spread cylindrically.

    Academic text (2004)
  • A magnetic lens has a field that is cylindrically symmetric about an axis (conventionally, the z-direction), where the radial components vanish.

    Academic text (2001)
  • As seen in Figure 46, the work time required for subjects with cylindrically shaped residual limbs was, on average, approximately the same as the work time required for subjects with conically shaped residual limbs.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The Raman resonances of the Paris researchers' two-dimensional system were independent of the probe direction (in the plane of the two-dimensional lattice), confirming that their wells are cylindrically symmetric.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The engineers designed the pipes to be arranged cylindrically for better flow efficiency.

Surface Forms

cylindrically positive

Morphology

cylindrically = cylindrical (transparent) = cylinder + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'cylindrical', so the meaning 'in a cylindrical manner' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word cylindrically comes from an old Greek word kylindros that meant 'roller', and it became the English word cylinder, a round tube shape. So, to do something cylindrically is to do it in the shape of a 'cylinder' or like a round tube.