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# cylindrical

adjective (cylindrical; not compared)

«cylindrical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Cylindrical means shaped like a cylinder: a long round shape with two flat circles at its ends, like a tin can or a tube. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/#m1)

### In the lessons

In maths, cylindrical objects are 3D shapes with two circular faces and one curved surface; you can find their volume (area of the circle × height). In everyday life: tins, pipes, candles, drums, toilet-roll tubes are cylindrical. In science: a test tube is almost cylindrical.

### Examples

- A tin of beans is cylindrical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/#x1)
- The tower was tall and cylindrical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/#x2)
- Roll the paper into a cylindrical shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/#x3)
- A cylindrical container holds more if it is wider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/#x4)
- Many batteries are cylindrical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/#x5)
- The candle is cylindrical, with a circle on each end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «sih-LIN-dri-kul». Noun: cylinder. In maths, a cylinder has 3 faces (2 flat circles, 1 curved), 2 edges and no vertices; its volume = π × radius × radius × height.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cylindrical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cylindrical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cylindrical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cylindrical.html) on Mova free.