Conoid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything shaped like a cone.

    "The concourse is roofed with three conoids, ranging in width from 97 ft. 3 in. maximum to 41 ft. 6 in. minimum."

  2. 2
    a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point wordnet
  3. 3
    A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line
  4. 4
    A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis

    "A parabolic conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic conoid is an ellipsoid."

  5. 5
    The pineal gland
Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped like a cone; conical.

    "The rebuilding of Oxford Road Station, Manchester […] is progressing steadily, and the conoid roof has recently been erected."

Synonyms

All synonyms
coneconecone shapecone-shapedcopcornet

Example

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"The rebuilding of Oxford Road Station, Manchester […] is progressing steadily, and the conoid roof has recently been erected."

Etymology

From cone + -oid.

Related phrases

catalan surface

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