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Conoidal

Co-noid′al

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Adj.
[Cf. F.
conoïdal
.]
Nearly, but not exactly, conical.
Lindley.

Definition 2024


conoidal

conoidal

English

Adjective

conoidal (not comparable)

  1. having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape
    • 1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige:
      And a moment later a conoidal bullet struck him square in the chest and knocked him flat in the dirt among his comrades.
    • 1891, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891:
      Many different forms have been given to the heads of projectiles, as flat, ogival, hemispherical, conoidal, parabolic, blunt trifaced, etc.