different between tubular vs tubulous

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tyo?obyo?ol?r, enPR: tyo?oby?l?r
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?tju?bj?l?(?)/, /?tju?bj?l?(?)/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?tj??bj?l?(?)/, /?tj??bj?l?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tubjul?/, /?tjubjul?/, /?tjubj?l?/

Adjective

tubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)

1. Shaped like a tube.

2. Relating to, or composed of tubes or tubules
3. (slang) Cool, awesome.

Synonyms

• cannular
• tubiform

Related terms

• tubularity
• tubularly

Translations

See also

• tubular assault
• tubular boiler
• tubular breathing
• tubular bridge
• tubular girder

Catalan

Adjective

tubular (masculine and feminine plural tubulars)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

Related terms

• tub

Further reading

• “tubular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tubular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tubular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tubular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

tubular m or f (plural tubulares)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

Related terms

• tubo

Interlingua

Adjective

tubular (not comparable)

1. tubular, tube-shaped

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu?bu?lar

Adjective

tubular m or f (plural tubulares, comparable)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

Related terms

• tubo

Romanian

Etymology

From French tubulaire

Adjective

tubular m or n (feminine singular tubular?, masculine plural tubulari, feminine and neuter plural tubulare)

1. tubular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tubu?la?/, [t?u.??u?la?]
• Hyphenation: tu?bu?lar

Adjective

tubular (plural tubulares)

1. tubular (shaped like a tube)

Related terms

• tubo

English

Alternative forms

• tubulose

Etymology

tubule +? -ous. Compare French tubuleux.

Adjective

tubulous (comparative more tubulous, superlative most tubulous)

1. Shaped like a tube; tubular.
   1. (botany) Having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border.

      a tubulose flower

2. Constructed of, or containing tubular parts.
   1. (botany) Composed wholly of tubular florets.

      a tubulous compound flower

Derived terms

• tubulous boiler