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圆筒.圆柱状的

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Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF.
   voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio,
   fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See
   {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.]
   1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling
      or canopy.

            The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray.

   2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use
      for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the
      like; a cell; a cellar. ``Charnel vaults.'' --Milton.

            The silent vaults of death.           --Sandys.

            To banish rats that haunt our vault.  --Swift.

   3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.

            That heaven's vault should crack.     --Shak.

   4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same
      word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or
      bound. Specifically:
      (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
      (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard,
          or the like.

   Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in
         pronunciation.

   {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, or {Wagon}, {vault}
      (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments,
      and the same section or profile at all points. It may be
      rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under
      {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a
      church.

   {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t.

   {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one
      in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one
      another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault.
      

   {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}.

   {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in
      having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted
      surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character.

   {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement
      or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.

Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical
\Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from
   ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.]
   Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex
   surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.

   {Cylindrical lens}, a lens having one, or more than one,
      cylindrical surface.

   {Cylindric, or Cylindrical}, {surface} (Geom.), a surface
      described by a straight line that moves according to any
      law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line.
      

   {Cylindrical vault}. (Arch.) See under {Vault}, n.

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cylindrical
     adj 1: having the form of a cylinder or tube [syn: {tube-shaped}, {tubelike},
             {vasiform}]
     2: related to or having the shape or properties of a cylinder
        [syn: {cylindric}]