conoid

conoid
conoidally, adv.
/koh"noyd/, adj.
1. Also, conoidal. resembling a cone in shape; cone-shaped.
n.
2. a geometrical solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about one of its axes.
[1650-60; < Gk konoeidés. See CONE, -OID]

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