tubulation (tubulashon)

[ tu part of a tubulated retort. tubule (tū'būl), n. [F. tubule = It. tubolo, chi an; tubulibranchiate. II. n. A member of the Tubulibranchiata . tubulibranchian (tū"bū-li-brang'ki-an), a . and n . [As Tubulibranchi ( ata ) + -an .] Same as tubulibranch. rolled into tubular form and joined with rivets. - Tubu- Tubulibranchiatat (tū"bū-li-brang-ki-āʼtä), n. which may be sunk or floated, according as the tubular spaces are filled with water or with air. Tubular girder, any hollow girder of metal, whatever the form in section. See girder1.- Tubular glands, compound glands in which the divisions of the secreting cavity a ume a tubular form. - Tubular lantern, a lantern having no guards except a rectangular frame of tubes through which the air-supply is carried. Car-Builder's Dict. - Tubular respiration. See respiration. - Tubular retort. Same as tube -retort. - Tubular steam-boiler. See steam boiler.-Tubular surface, in geom. See surface. Tubular i a (tū-bū-lā'ri-a), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1755), neut. pl. of * tubular is , tubular: see tubular .] An old genus of tubularian hydroids, now restricted as the type of a family Tu bulariidæ. T. ind i visa is an example. Tubular iæ (tū-būlā'ri-ē), n. pl . [NL.: see Tubular i a .] The tubularian hydroids, or gymnoblastic hydromedusans; the A the cat a or Gymno blastea . Tubularian Polyp ( Tubular i a ind i visa).