Associations to the word «Conoid»

Wiktionary

CONOID, adjective. Shaped like a cone; conical
CONOID, noun. Anything shaped like a cone.
CONOID, noun. (geometry) A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line.
CONOID, noun. (geometry) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis.

Dictionary definition

CONOID, noun. A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point.

Wise words

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