cylindrical

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Cylindrical "forearms" house small electric motors, known as actuators, which pull on metal tendons that move the fingers with precision.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Cylindrical and prismatic batteries are cased in hard materials.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2021

Cylindrical pillars will blow cool air in an open courtyard featuring water fountains and a sun-blocking canopy can be closed on windy days.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2019

Cylindrical surfaces are formed by a set of parallel lines.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Cylindrical baskets open at both ends, about 3 feet high and 2 feet in diameter, which, being placed on end and filled with earth, greatly facilitate the speedy formation of cover against an enemy's fire.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir