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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tubular \Tu"bu*lar\, adjective [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, or pipe. See {Tube}.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tubular
adjective: having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) [syn: {cannular}]
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