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Cylindroid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cylinder with elliptical cross-section.

    "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."

  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    A ribbon-like mucous cast frequently found in the urine in cases of mild irritation of the kidney.

Etymology

From cylinder + -oid.

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