spherocylindrical

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adj
Definitions
  • (optics) Having one spheric and one cylindric surface.

Etymology

Compound from English sphere + English o (diminutive suffix, person with characteristic, colloquialising suffix, colloquial, zero)+ English cylindrical, spherocylinder.

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English

spherocylinder

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