Tubular

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tubular \Tu"bu*lar\, a. [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, or
     pipe. See {Tube}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tubular
       adj : having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) [syn: {cannular}]