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CYLINDROID

Definition: CYLINDROID

CYLINDROID

Noun

1. A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body.

2. A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: CYLINDROID

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Rotundity

Cylinder, cylindroid, cylindrical; barrel, drum; roll, roller; rouleau, column, rolling-pin, rundle.

Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: CYLINDROID

Language Translations for "CYLINDROID"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

cystisk adenokarcinom (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

adenocystisch carcinoom (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

carcinoma adenoides cysticum (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma), adenokystinen karsinooma (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma). (various references)

   

French

  

cylindrome (cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma), carcinome adénoïde kystique (cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυστικό αδενοειδές καρκίνωμα (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma), κυλίνδρωμα (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma, turban tumor). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cilindroma (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma), carcinoma adenoideo-cistico (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ylindroidcay

   

Spanish

  

cilindroma (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma), carcinoma adenoide quístico (adenocystic carcinoma, cylindroid type adenocarcinoma, cylindroma). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

циліндроїд. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "CYLINDROID"

Words rhyming with "CYLINDROID" (pronounced 'Cyl"in*droid'): Chondroid, hydroid, Lepidodendroid, Salamandroid. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CYLINDROID

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-d-i-i-l-n-o-r-y"

-3 letters: cornily, crinoid, dicliny.

-4 letters: cloddy, codlin, dirndl, idiocy, ironic, nordic.

-5 letters: colin, corny, crony, dildo, doily, dolci, drily, droid, icily, indol, indri, iodic, iodid, iodin, ionic, irony, lindy, lyric, nicol, noddy, noily, oddly, orcin, ricin, roily, yonic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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