Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The formation of a tube or tubule; the disposition or arrangement of a set of tubes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The act of shaping or making a tube, or of providing with a tube; also, a tube or tubulure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tubular form
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Examples
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The paper, "Steric confinement of proteins on lipid membranes can drive curvature and tubulation," presents a new scientific understanding about the bending and curvatures of protein membranes.
Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010
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The paper, "Steric confinement of proteins on lipid membranes can drive curvature and tubulation," presents a new scientific understanding about the bending and curvatures of protein membranes.
Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010
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