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cylindrical

[si-lin-dri-kuhl] / sɪˈlɪn drɪ kəl /


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Enviva pioneered the business of pressing sawdust into cylindrical capsules and shipping boatloads of them to overseas power plants looking to burn an alternative to coal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

One of them is typing furiously as his eyes dart from the screen to the robot: "The idea is it will grab that cylindrical piece and move it over there."

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

These dimensions point to a thick, cylindrical body.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2026

Varda makes automated labs that look like cylindrical desktop speakers, which it sends into orbit in capsules and satellite platforms it also builds.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2026

We walk across the glass, which is now a floor rather than a ceiling, through a cylindrical room with glass walls.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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