cylindrical tube

collocation in English

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cylindrical
adjective
uk
/sɪˈlɪn.drɪ.kəl/us
/sɪˈlɪn.drɪ.kəl/
having the shape of a cylinder (= ...
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tube
noun
uk
/tʃuːb/us
/tuːb/
a long cylinder made from plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, especially used for moving or containing liquids ...
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(Definition ofcylindricalandtubefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For gases other than air, a container such as acylindricaltubemust be used.
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A t 5 m, the sensor was covered in acylindricaltubeto determine the degree of wetting caused by cloud interception alone.
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Until 1995 the vessel wall was treated as a circularcylindricaltubewithout matrix.
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Briefly it consisted o f acylindricaltubeof 5.1 cm diameter and 183 cm in length.
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The trumpet is often confused with its close relative the cornet, which has a more conical tubing shape compared to the trumpet's morecylindricaltube.
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The dryer is made up of a large, rotatingcylindricaltube, usually supported by concrete columns or steel beams.
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The upstream end of the nozzle connects to a longcylindricaltube, whose cross-sectional area is significantly larger than the throat area of the nozzle.
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It has a straightcylindricaltubewith cylindrical bore and a very slightly flared bell.
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The ventral part of the hindwing is transformed to a long log-likecylindricaltube.
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He assembled acylindricaltubepartially filled with water, with an open water source entering the bottom of the cylinder.
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This tunnel was a 5-metercylindricaltubethat had been blasted and cut through rock.
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The hydraulic cylinder consists of a hollowcylindricaltubealong which a piston can slide.
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Thecylindricaltubeof the calyx is green, deep purple-violet close to the 2 mm long teeth.
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Each flower has a narrowcylindricaltubewhich opens into a flat face of six tepals, each 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.
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Flower shapes are typically rotate (wheel-shaped, spreading in one plane, with a short tube) or tubular (elongatedcylindricaltube), campanulated or funnel-shaped.
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Inflatable packers - use fluid pressure to inflate a longcylindricaltubeof reinforced rubber to set the packer.
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The proboscis is a sheet-like structure, rolled around into acylindricaltubewith an open gutter at the ventral surface.
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