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Webster 1913 Edition
Tubular
Tu′bu-lar
,Adj.
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.Tubular boiler
. See under
– Boiler
. Tubular breathing
(Med.)
, a variety of respiratory sound, heard on auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease, resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea.
– Tubular bridge
, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits.
– Tubular girder
, a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tubular
TU'BULAR
,Adj.
Definition 2024
tubular
tubular
English
Adjective
tubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)
- Shaped like a tube.
- tubular bell
- Of or pertaining to a tube.
- Consisting of tubes.
- (slang, dated) Cool, awesome.
- 2007, Brian Laesch, The Verge of Psychosis: An Aspiring Actor's Journal
- It was such a tubular party, Journal! But a few minutes later, I walked up to the Hermosa Beach Pier and left the girls with my things, thinking the totally bitchin' party would continue. But when I got back, they were all gone.
- 2007, Brian Laesch, The Verge of Psychosis: An Aspiring Actor's Journal
Synonyms
Related terms
- tubularity
- tubularly
Translations
shaped like a tube
|
consisting of tubes
|
cool, awesome
See also
- tubular assault
- tubular boiler
- tubular breathing
- tubular bridge
- tubular girder