TUBULAR

tubular, cannular, tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform

(adjective) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

tubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)

Shaped like a tube.

Relating to, or composed of tubes or tubules

(slang) Cool, awesome.

Synonyms

• cannular

• tubiform

Source: Wiktionary


Tu"bu*lar, a. Etym: [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, or pipe. See Tube.]

Definition: Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes. Tubular boiler. See under Boiler.

– Tubular breathing (Med.), a variety of respiratory sound, heard on auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease, resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea.

– Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits.

– Tubular girder, a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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