Conical
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A bullet with a conical shape.
- 1 Of or relating to a cone or cones.
"He anſwers, That this Motion is Conical; and judgeth, that by the Conick path all the Phænomena of Comets can, without any inconveniency, be readily ſolved; even of that, which (by Hiſtory) in fifty days, paſſed through more then the 12 Signs of the Zodiack; And of that, which in two days run through eight Signs: and of another, which in 48 days poſted through all the Signs, contra ſeriem."
- 2 Shaped like a cone.
"IN Planes neither equinoctiall nor polar, the equator will be a right line, the tropiques and other parallels of declination will be conicall ſections, ſome of them parabolicall, ſome ellipticall, but the moſt of them hyperbolicall."
- 3 Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.
- 1 relating to or resembling a cone wordnet
Example
More examples"I'm afraid you'll need more than a conical hat to be a real wizard."
Etymology
From conic + -al.
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