cylindric

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U.S. warships pulled up alongside homeward-bound Soviet freighters while Russian crewmen obediently pulled back the canvas wrappings that covered the long, cylindric objects on the decks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence the equilibrium of a cylindric film whose length is greater than its circumference is unstable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

Fruit 1 to 1� in. long, cylindric, with spreading lobes to the scales.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Now let us consider a cylindric film contained between two equal fixed disks.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

P. 5-9 cm. convexo-plane, even, glabrous, discoid, dingy yellow; g. emarginato-decur. crowded, subserrate, tan; s. 7-12 cm. cylindric, white, at first woolly-peronate; sp. 8-9 � 5. crassus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George