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CONICAL
conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped
(adjective) relating to or resembling a cone; “conical mountains”; “conelike fruit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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