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conoid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From cone + -oid.

Meanings

1. Shaped like a cone; conical.
   • The rebuilding of Oxford Road Station, Manchester […] is progressing steadily, and the conoid roof has recently been erected. 1959 May 14, “Notes and News: Oxford Road Station, Manchester”, in Railway Magazine, page 359:
   • Historic England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not only create a dramatic aesthetic form, but endow the building with a light and spacious interior." 2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity”, in RAIL, number 979, page 31:

Forms

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more conoid	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most conoid	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

conoidal · conoidic · pseudoconoid

Translations (3)

it conoide (conical) · el κωνοειδής (conical) · bg конусовиден (conical)

conoid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From cone + -oid.

Meanings

1. Anything shaped like a cone.
   • The concourse is roofed with three conoids, ranging in width from 97 ft. 3 in. maximum to 41 ft. 6 in. minimum. 1959 May 14, “Notes and News: Oxford Road Station, Manchester”, in Railway Magazine, page 359:
2. A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line
3. A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis
   • A parabolic conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic conoid is an ellipsoid.
4. The pineal gland

Forms

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conoids	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Hyponyms

right conoid ⊃ hyperbolic paraboloid

Translations (5)

la conoides (geometry, solid) · es conoide (geometry, solid) · de Konoid (geometry, solid) · de Afterkegel (geometry, solid) · it conoide (geometry, solid)