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pollythecat | 13:14 Sun 04th Feb 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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This is not part of a quiz or crossword but as my kittens were playing with an item of packaging yesterday it occured to me that I did not know the correct name for what it was. It was a square ended box but was very long in length and was open at both ends so technically it was a square cylinder. But by definition surely a cylinder is circular so what do you call a square one? Square tube doesn't seem correct either. Is there a proper word for a square tube?
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how about a square cube?
It is a cuboid or it could be a square based prism
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well a cube is the nearest in that it is an elongated cube - equal height and width, long breadth - open ended at the square ends
I think you'll have to invent a new word, PtheC. There are 1,620,000 hits for Square Cylinder on Google, but I don't see any other term used.
How about a Kitunnel?
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Yes, I like the kittunnel, and so did they.

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