conoid

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Etymology

From cone +‎ -oid.

Adjective

conoid (comparative more conoid, superlative most conoid)

  1. Shaped like a cone; conical.
    • 2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity”, in RAIL, number 979, page 31:
      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."

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Noun

conoid (plural conoids)

  1. Anything shaped like a cone
  2. (geometry) A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line
  3. (geometry) 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. (anatomy) The pineal gland

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conoïde.

Noun

conoid n (plural conoizi)

  1. conoid

Declension

Declension of conoid
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) conoid conoidul (niște) conoizi conoizile
genitive/dative (unui) conoid conoidului (unor) conoizi conoizilor
vocative conoidule conoizilor
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