Need a Technical term, if there is one

Posted by $ winterwind 9 years, 2 months ago to Culture
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I'm labeling jewelry, and one of the glass pieces is straight-sided, round, with rounded ends - about 1/2" long. Now I know that a teardrop is a teardrop, and a square is a square, and more - but is there a technical term for this shape? It's not hollow, it's a bead - there's a small hole the long way down the bead. Any thoughts? Any thoughts that aren't rude? Pictures later in the week!

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  • Posted by $ winterwind 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    actually, the piece I'm using comes from FMG, and they describe it as a tube. You're right, though - in metal, when I bought these, they were capsules.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 2 months ago
    if it was a drug....caplet or capsule

    Could go with capsule, people would understand the shape that represents.
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I need a noun, but cylinder is excellent. I went back to the supplier, and they call them tubes, so I'm sticking with tubes.
    Oh, parking meter inspectors, does that sound strange.......
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I was ready to say no, but I looked at the definition and the article and saw how you got there. No, too big and too flat. When you see them, you'll go oh, duh, winter, it's a....
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