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conoid
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Word definitions for conoid in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conoid \Co"noid\ a. Resembling a cone; conoidal.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Shaped like a cone; conical n. 1 Anything shaped like a cone. 2 (context geometry English) A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line. 3 (context geometry English) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
(1) All rulings are parallel to a plane, the directrix plane . (2) All rulings intersect a fixed line, the axis . The conoid is a right conoid , if its axis is perpendicular to its directrix plane. Hence all rulings are perpendicular to the axis. Because ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone , cone shape ]
Usage examples of conoid.
You attempt to settle into a composite conoid curve that will not only intersect the orbit of the tiny fast-moving body, but also accomplish an exact rendezvous.
Dazedly he saw a crimson conoid cloud spinning up and over the mountain slopes.
There they visited a native pueblo, a great beehive structure of mud, conoid on conoid, and bought souvenirs--two of which turned out to have "Made in Japan" stamped inconspicuously on them.