Tubular
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Tubular may refer to:
The adjective is often applied to items which are somewhat tubular in shape:
The adjective is often applied to parts of the body which resemble or are composed of tube-like members:
- the form of a cylinderCylinder (geometry)A cylinder is one of the most basic curvilinear geometric shapes, the surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given line segment, the axis of the cylinder. The solid enclosed by this surface and by two planes perpendicular to the axis is also called a cylinder...
or tube - Tubular, a television-related entertainment blog on the Houston ChronicleHouston ChronicleThe Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas, USA, headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building in Downtown Houston. , it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States...
website - Tubular, a level in the video game Super Mario WorldSuper Mario World, subtitled Super Mario Bros. 4 for its original Japanese release, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the fourth game in the Super Mario series...
- Tubular, surf culture slang for cool or awesome, derived from catching a wave and getting in the tube
- Tubulars (people)Tubulars (people)The Tubulars were one of the northern Altay peoples in Russia. They lived along the tributaries of the Katun River and the Biya River. They are closely related to the Tofalars.-Sources:...
, a former ethnic group in Russia
The adjective is often applied to items which are somewhat tubular in shape:
- Tubular bellTubular bellTubular bells are musical instruments in the percussion family. Each bell is a metal tube, 30–38 mm in diameter, tuned by altering its length. Its standard range is from C4-F5, though many professional instruments reach G5 . Tubular bells are often replaced by studio chimes, which are a smaller...
, musical instruments (also known as chimes) in the percussion family - Tubular bridgeTubular bridgeA tubular bridge is a bridge built as a rigid box girder section within which the traffic is carried. Famous examples include the original Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait and the Conwy railway bridge over the River Conwy, designed and tested by William Fairbairn and built by Robert...
, a bridge built as a rigid box girder section, with the traffic carried within the section - Tubular chassis or superleggeraSuperleggeraSuperleggera is an automobile chassis construction technology developed by Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring. The company was located just north of Milan, near Alfa Romeo, Italian Citroen, and the former Isotta-Fraschini plant...
, a type of automobile construction technique used only in expensive sports cars - Tubular GalleryTubular GalleryA Tubular Gallery is a large diameter, round, tubular steel structure used to enclose a troughed conveyor belt. It is typically an elevated structure used to span over roadways, rivers or creeks or for use in shiploader systems.-Applications:...
, a large diameter, round, tubular steel structure used to enclose a troughed conveyor belt - Tubular lock pickTubular lock pickA tubular lock pick is a specialized lockpicking tool used for opening a tubular pin tumbler lock. Tubular lock picks are all very similar in design and come in sizes to fit all major tubular locks, including 6, 7, and 8-pin locks....
, a specialized lockpicking tool used for opening a tubular pin locking cylinder - Tubular NDTTubular NDTTubular NDT is the application of various technologies to detect anomalies such as corrosion and manufacturing defects in metallic tubes. Tubing can be found in such equipment as boilers and heat exchangers. To carry out an examination "in situ" Tubular NDT (nondestructive testing) is the...
, a nondestructive method of testing industrial products for hidden defects - Tubular neighborhoodTubular neighborhoodIn mathematics, a tubular neighborhood of a submanifold of a smooth manifold is an open set around it resembling the normal bundle.The idea behind a tubular neighborhood can be explained in a simple example. Consider a smooth curve in the plane without self-intersections. On each point on the curve...
, a mathematical concept - Tubular-pneumatic actionTubular-pneumatic action"Tubular-pneumatic action" refers to an apparatus used in manypipe organs built during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term "tubular" refers to the extensive use of lead tubing to connect the organ's console to the valves that control the delivery of "wind" to the organ's pipes...
, a playing action for pipe organs, in which key and stop activity is transmitted from the console to the windchest via pneumatic impulses traveling through tubes - Tubular tyresTubular tyresA tubular tyre, referred to as a tub in Britain, a sew-up in the US, a single in Australia, or just a tubular is a bicycle tyre that is stitched closed around the inner tube to form a torus...
, bicycle tires (tyres) which are glued-on to their rims
The adjective is often applied to parts of the body which resemble or are composed of tube-like members:
- Tubular glandTubular glandIf a gland retains its shape as a tube throughout it is termed a tubular gland.Tubular glands are further classified as one of the following:...
- parts of the kidneyKidneyThe kidneys, organs with several functions, serve essential regulatory roles in most animals, including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as the regulation of electrolytes, maintenance of acid–base balance, and...
:- distal convoluted tubuleDistal convoluted tubuleThe distal convoluted tubule is a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system.- Physiology :It is partly responsible for the regulation of potassium, sodium, calcium, and pH...
- uriniferous tubule
- tubular fluidTubular fluidTubular fluid is the fluid in the tubules of the kidney. It starts as a renal ultrafiltrate in the glomerulus, changes composition through the nephron, and ends up as urine leaving through the ureters.-Composition table:...
, the fluid in the tubules of the kidney
- distal convoluted tubule