Tubular
adjective
Shaped like a tube.
The pasta is tubular in shape.
adjective
Refers to anything related to tubes or pipe systems.
Tubular structures are commonly seen in fluid mechanics and civil engineering.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Referring to an occurrence in biology where certain structures are tube-shaped.
In kidney research, changes in the tubular structure can indicate different forms of diseases.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
In surfing slang, it refers to a wave that is hollow when it breaks.
The surfer rode a tubular wave and everyone on the beach cheered.
Often appears as...
- ride a tubular wave
- tubular break
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Cool, excellent, or awesome.
The concert was tubular, man!
Often appears as...
- tubular dude
- tubular time
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
adjective
Shaped like a tube.
The pasta is tubular in shape.
adjective
Refers to anything related to tubes or pipe systems.
Tubular structures are commonly seen in fluid mechanics and civil engineering.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Referring to an occurrence in biology where certain structures are tube-shaped.
In kidney research, changes in the tubular structure can indicate different forms of diseases.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
In surfing slang, it refers to a wave that is hollow when it breaks.
The surfer rode a tubular wave and everyone on the beach cheered.
Often appears as...
- ride a tubular wave
- tubular break
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Cool, excellent, or awesome.
The concert was tubular, man!
Often appears as...
- tubular dude
- tubular time
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Association
Envision common tube-shaped items to grasp the concept.
She described the cookie container as tubular.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Confusion
Don't confuse 'tubular' with 'tub' like in bathtubs, which is broader.
Unlike a tub, the tubular rail is long and narrow.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Association
Envision common tube-shaped items to grasp the concept.
She described the cookie container as tubular.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Confusion
Don't confuse 'tubular' with 'tub' like in bathtubs, which is broader.
Unlike a tub, the tubular rail is long and narrow.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Association
Envision common tube-shaped items to grasp the concept.
She described the cookie container as tubular.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid Confusion
Don't confuse 'tubular' with 'tub' like in bathtubs, which is broader.
Unlike a tub, the tubular rail is long and narrow.
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Video examples
Jonathan Trent: Energy...
So let me show you how the system works. We basically take waste water with algae of our choice in it, and we circulate it through this floating structure, this tubular, flexible plastic structure, and it circulates through this thing, and there's sunlight of course, it's at the surface, and the algae grow on the nutrients.
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Brian Goldman: Doctors...
And I memorized everything. I memorized in my anatomy class the origins and exertions of every muscle, every branch of every artery that came off the aorta, differential diagnoses obscure and common. I even knew the differential diagnosis in how to classify renal tubular acidosis. And all the while,
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Printing a human kidney...
them knit them or we can make them like you see here this is actually like a cotton candy machine you saw this spray going in that was like the fibers of the cotton candy creating this structure this tubular eye structure which is a biomaterial that we can then use to help
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The satisfying math of...
to the microscopic world of our cells. Using principles of origami, medical engineers have re-imagined the traditional stent graft, a tube used to open and support damaged blood vessels. Through tessellation, the rigid tubular structure folds into a compact sheet
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Fish With Transparent...
the macro pen of micro stoma known as the barreleye fish is small and dark with large fins a tiny mouth an unusual barrel eyes under a transparent dome the two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes the eyes are
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How the world’s tallest...
Tubular frames proved superior at absorbing and transferring the force of wind to a building's foundation. And since the exterior walls could bear the bulk of the load, internal supporting columns could be removed to maximize space.
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A Fish With a...
large fins a tiny mouth an unusual barrel eyes under a transparent dome the two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes the eyes are enclosed within the transparent shield sort of like the glass canopy of a jet
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Transparent Head PIPE...
barrel eyes under a transparent dome the two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes the eyes are enclosed within the transparent shield sort of like the glass canopy of the Jetfire above the mouth the two dark
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Can we choose to fall...
So I got decked out in a pair of forest green scrubs, and I was laid on a gurney and wheeled into an fMRI machine. If you're unfamiliar with that technology, essentially, an fMRI machine is a big, tubular magnet
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
mysteries of vernacular pants an item of clothing that covers the body from the waist to the ankles or knees each leg having a separate tubular piece we also know them most trousers the history of
Video examples
Jonathan Trent: Energy...
So let me show you how the system works. We basically take waste water with algae of our choice in it, and we circulate it through this floating structure, this tubular, flexible plastic structure, and it circulates through this thing, and there's sunlight of course, it's at the surface, and the algae grow on the nutrients.
Video examples
Brian Goldman: Doctors...
And I memorized everything. I memorized in my anatomy class the origins and exertions of every muscle, every branch of every artery that came off the aorta, differential diagnoses obscure and common. I even knew the differential diagnosis in how to classify renal tubular acidosis. And all the while,
Video examples
Printing a human kidney...
them knit them or we can make them like you see here this is actually like a cotton candy machine you saw this spray going in that was like the fibers of the cotton candy creating this structure this tubular eye structure which is a biomaterial that we can then use to help
Video examples
The satisfying math of...
to the microscopic world of our cells. Using principles of origami, medical engineers have re-imagined the traditional stent graft, a tube used to open and support damaged blood vessels. Through tessellation, the rigid tubular structure folds into a compact sheet
Video examples
Fish With Transparent...
the macro pen of micro stoma known as the barreleye fish is small and dark with large fins a tiny mouth an unusual barrel eyes under a transparent dome the two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes the eyes are
Video examples
How the world’s tallest...
Tubular frames proved superior at absorbing and transferring the force of wind to a building's foundation. And since the exterior walls could bear the bulk of the load, internal supporting columns could be removed to maximize space.
Video examples
A Fish With a...
large fins a tiny mouth an unusual barrel eyes under a transparent dome the two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes the eyes are enclosed within the transparent shield sort of like the glass canopy of a jet
Video examples
Transparent Head PIPE...
barrel eyes under a transparent dome the two green spheres in the video are the lenses of its tubular eyes the eyes are enclosed within the transparent shield sort of like the glass canopy of the Jetfire above the mouth the two dark
Video examples
Can we choose to fall...
So I got decked out in a pair of forest green scrubs, and I was laid on a gurney and wheeled into an fMRI machine. If you're unfamiliar with that technology, essentially, an fMRI machine is a big, tubular magnet
Video examples
Mysteries of vernacular:...
mysteries of vernacular pants an item of clothing that covers the body from the waist to the ankles or knees each leg having a separate tubular piece we also know them most trousers the history of
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alvar Aalto
Finnish Architect
The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But steel and chromium surfaces are not satisfactory from the human point of view.
Quote examples
Alvar Aalto
Finnish Architect
The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But steel and chromium surfaces are not satisfactory from the human point of view.
Example 1 of 1
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