Tubular
['tjuːbjʊlə] or ['tubjəlɚ]
Definition
(adj.) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) .
Editor: Verna--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes.
Editor: Vanessa
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fistular, tube-like.
Editor: Nolan
Examples
- The boiler was tubular, and the exhaust steam was carried into the chimney by a pipe in front of the smoke stack as shown. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- That bridge, though of different material, was in its principle of construction similar to the iron tubular bridges at Conway and at the Menai Straits. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Nathan Read of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1791, invented a tubular boiler in which the flues and gases are conducted through tubes passing through the boiler into the smokestack. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Robert designed the tubular bridge across the Menai Straits on this line, which was considered a most remarkable feat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The steam blast thrown into the smokestack by Hackworth, the tubular boiler of Seguin and the link motion of Stephenson were then, as they now are, the essential features of locomotives. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- John Stevens constructed a boat on the Hudson, driven by a Watt engine, and having a tubular boiler of his own invention and a twin screw propeller. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These curious and interesting structures, which may be considered the forerunners of the gigantic iron Tubular Bridges of the present day, were burnt by the French in 1799. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- This is connected with the tubular support, which may be connected by a tube through the leg of the stool, and another tube beneath the stage, with an assistant behind the scenes. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The Menai tubular railway bridge, adjacent to the suspension bridge of Telford across the same strait, and already described, was the first example of this type of bridge. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Tubular Locomotive Boiler by Seguin. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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