1.
[syn: cone, conoid, cone shape]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conoid \Co"noid\ a.
Resembling a cone; conoidal.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conoid \Co"noid\ (k[=o]"noid), n. [Gr. kwnoeidh`s conical;
kw^nos cone + e'i^dos form: cf. F. cono["i]de.]
1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
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2. (Geom.)
(a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section
about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic
conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid,
ellipsoid, etc.
(b) A surface which may be generated by a straight line
moving in such a manner as always to meet a given
straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel
to a given plane. --Math. Dict.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conoid
n 1: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to
a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape]