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noun
Conoid  n.  
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.


adjective
Conoid  adj.  Resembling a cone; conoidal.





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"Conoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... in mosaic glass, and other glass beads (hard stone and bronze more rarely): conoid seals in hard crystalline stones, usually engraved with figure praying to the Moon-god: also soft stone, glass and paste conoids. Scarabs and scaraboids in paste. ...
— How to Observe in Archaeology • Various
... into a pointed cone; and it is their constant practice to gather the hair into a knot on the top of the head, for the sake, as Dr. Wilson remarks, "of increasing the apparent elevation of the favourite conoid form." The inhabitants of Arakhan admire a broad, smooth forehead, and in order to produce it, they fasten a plate of lead on the heads of the new-born children. On the other hand, "a broad, well-rounded occiput is considered a great beauty" ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin
... problem. Hansen made use of the mode of suspension exhibited in Fig. 3. Mr. Worms, in a series of experiments carried out at King's College, London, adopted a somewhat similar arrangement, but in place of the hemispherical segment he employed a conoid, as shown in Fig. 4, and a socket was provided in which the conoid could work freely. From some experiments I made myself a score of years ago, I am inclined to prefer a plane surface for the conoid to work upon. Care must ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 • Various
... many times now seemed the most beautiful country in the world to him. Evidently there was a change in him; something was awakened in his soul; for the first time he discovered that the hollow and muscular conoid organ called the heart had a use besides for the circulation ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet


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