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conospherical en · ADJ

Etymology

From cono- + spherical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) With a form that combines a conical portion with a spherical portion, such as a tapering stylus with a rounded tip.
    • The indentation experiments were performed with a conospherical tip (tip radius = ~1 µm; semi-angle = 30°; maximum load = 10 mN). 2014, Ling Li, Christine Ortiz, “Pervasive nanoscale deformation twinning as a catalyst for efficient energy dissipation in a bioceramic armour”, in Nature Materials, volume 13, →DOI, supplementary information, pages 501–507: