tubular : Idioms & Phrases
Tubular boiler
- . See under
Boiler .
Webster 1913
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.
Webster 1913
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.
- a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.
Webster 1913
tubular cavity
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noun a cavity having the shape of a tube
WordNet
Tubular girder
- a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them.
