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Example sentences for "cylindrical form"

  • In the execution, the workman gathers upon the end of his iron tube, a proper amount of the material, which he extends, and brings to a cylindrical form, by rolling it upon his table.

  • Those for the higher notes are of a cylindrical form, and are made of a mixture of metals, chiefly of tin and lead; but those designed for the expression of the lowest notes of the base are made of wood, in a square form.

  • In the formation of window glass, the workman gathers upon the end of an iron tube a sufficient amount of the metal, which he brings to a cylindrical form by rolling it upon a cast iron or stone table.

  • The coats of these breathing tubes are very elastic, and always preserve a cylindrical form, even when not distended.

  • When they become free, they lose their crown of cilia, take a cylindrical form, more or less ovoid and elongated, and move themselves by means of a new organ.

  • A few steps further towards maturity, and it assumes a conical and finally a cylindrical form.

  • Its trunk, of cylindrical form, is of a flesh-colour, with vertical lines, having red points.

  • There is an advantage, also, by having the handle of the mallet turned out of the same piece as the head, and made in a cylindrical form.

  • There is another method used by some, which consists in rolling the composition in long pieces, and then cutting off the stars; so that each star will be of a cylindrical form.

  • That your petitioner's invention consists principally in introducing the fire into the midst of the boiler, and in making the boiler of a cylindrical form, which is the form best adapted for sustaining the pressure of high steam.

  • A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

  • A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.

  • A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.

  • Defn: A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed.

  • Three other workmen occupy other presses, in which the pieces so prepared receive their semi-cylindrical form.

  • The metal to be converted into wire is made of a cylindrical form, and drawn forcibly through circular holes in plates of steel: at each passage it becomes smaller.

  • Two pieces of steel have recently been fixed to the side of the shears, by which each piece of tinned-iron as soon as it is cut is bent into a semi-cylindrical form.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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