01 a. Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
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Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
Phrases & compounds
Cylindrical lens —
a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface.
Cylindric surface —
a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line.