barrel-shaped
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Dozens, maybe hundreds, of barrel-shaped particles suddenly fill the computer monitor.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024
Despite looking similar to jellyfish, salps are barrel-shaped, watery macroplankton that are more closely related to vertebrates like fish and humans, said Alejandro Damian-Serrano, an adjunct professor in biology at the UO.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
On the banks of Lake Minnewashta in Excelsior, just outside Minneapolis, the answer lies in a dimly lit, wood-burning barrel-shaped sauna a few feet away.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2024
These long, barrel-shaped microphones absorb sound from a specific direction.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023
It worked by making impressions on the paper, which had been blackened by an oil lamp, using a stylus that vibrated when someone sang or spoke into a large barrel-shaped horn.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
