Thesaurus: conoid

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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.
4. a. Resembling a cone; conoidal.
5. n. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
6. 1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. 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. , Resembling a cone; conoidal.
7. , Resembling a cone; conoidal.
8. n a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point