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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tubular
adj 1: constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the
passage of fluids) [syn: {tubular}, {cannular},
{tubelike}, {tube-shaped}, {vasiform}]
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