Category:Tubular

Tu"bu*lar, a. Etym: [l. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, or pipe. See Tube.]

Defn: 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.