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Having the form of a geometrical solid generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides.

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  • An optional wraparound system is also available, enabling the machine to label cylindrical products.
  • I have no idea what it's called, but you've seen them -- long thin cylindrical files, made of the finest German steel.
  • They are all being described as cylindrical objects, suspicious.
  • The usual way a 360 panorama like this is projected on to a rectangular surface is called a cylindrical projection.
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