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tu⋅bu⋅lar

  [too-byuh-ler, tyoo-]
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–adjective
1. having the form or shape of a tube; tubiform.
2. of or pertaining to a tube or tubes.
3. characterized by or consisting of tubes.
Origin:
1665–75; < NL tubulāris; see tubule, -ar 1

Related forms:
tu⋅bu⋅lar⋅i⋅ty, noun
tu⋅bu⋅lar⋅ly, adverb
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tu·bu·lar   (tōō'byə-lər, tyōō'-)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a tube.

  2. Constituting or consisting of tubes or a tube.

  3. Shaped like a tube.

tu'bu·lar'i·ty (-lār'ĭ-tē) n., tu'bu·lar·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
tubular

  1. mod.
    excellent. (Surfing and later general youth slang. Having to do with a tube [wave] that is good to surf in.) : That pizza was totally tubular!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tu·bu·lar
Pronunciation: 't(y)ü-by&-l&r
Function: adjective
1 : having the form of or consisting of a tube
2 : of, relating to, or sounding as if produced through a tube or tubule <tubular rales>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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