CONICAL

conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped

(adjective) relating to or resembling a cone; “conical mountains”; “conelike fruit”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

conical (comparative more conical, superlative most conical)

(geometry) Of or relating to a cone or cones.

Shaped like a cone.

(cartography) Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.

Synonyms

• (geometry): conic, conal

• (cartography): conic

Noun

conical (plural conicals)

(firearms) A bullet with a conical shape.

Anagrams

• calcino, calocin, cloacin, colanic, laconic

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"ic, Con"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. conique. See Cone.]

1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included.

– Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.

– Conical pendulum. See Pendulum.

– Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe.

– Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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