semicylindrical
English
Etymology
semi- + cylindrical
Adjective
semicylindrical (comparative more semicylindrical, superlative most semicylindrical)
- Having the shape of a semicylinder.
- 2007 June 10, David W. Dunlap, “‘Copy!’”, in New York Times:
- Molds of these pages were dropped down chutes to the basement pressroom and used to cast semicylindrical printing plates.
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- (botany) Of a leaf: elongated, flat on one side and round on the other.