Cylindroid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cylindroid is a noun meaning (geometry) A cylinder with elliptical cross-section.
Meaning
(geometry) A cylinder with elliptical cross-section.
More Meanings
- (medicine) A ribbon-like mucous cast frequently found in the urine in cases of mild irritation of the kidney.
- (geometry) A certain three-dimensional surface described by a moving straight line, used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and the forces that act upon it.
Example Sentences
The intrados of a simple vault is generally formed of the portion of the surface of a cylinder, cylindroid, or sphere, never greater than that of half the solid; and the springing lines of the coussinet, which terminate the walls from which the vault rises, are generally straight lines, parallel to the axis of the cylinder or cylindroid.
Word Forms
- cylindroids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bicylinder, unduloid, tricylinder, cycloidian, astroid, spherocylinder.
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