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Webster 1913 Edition
Tubular
Tu′bu-lar
,Adj.
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.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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tubular
TU'BULAR
,Adj.