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Conoid
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
2. 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. 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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
, Resembling a cone; conoidal.