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- [1] : 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"ide.
1. anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
paraboloid ellipsoid
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
conoid \co"noid\ a.
resembling a cone; conoidal.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
conoid
n : a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a
point syn: cone, cone shape
see also:
cone cone shape
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