Definitions for cylindroid

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cylindroid cyl·in·droid

Spelling: [sil-in-droid]

IPA: /ˈsɪl ɪnˌdrɔɪd/

Cylindroid is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 267 anagrams from letters in cylindroid (cddiilnory).

Definitions for cylindroid

noun

1. a solid having the form of a cylinder, especially one with an elliptical, as opposed to a circular, cross section.

adjective

1. resembling a cylinder.

Origin of cylindroid

First recorded in 1655-65, cylindroid is from the Greek word kylindroeidḗs cylinderlike. See cylinder, -oid

Examples for cylindroid

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.