CONOID

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

, Resembling a cone; conoidal.


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