\Tu"bu*lar\, a. [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.