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English
Etymology
conoid + -al
Pronunciation
Adjective
conoidal (not comparable)
- Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige:And a moment later a conoidal bullet struck him square in the chest and knocked him flat in the dirt among his comrades.
1891, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891:Many different forms have been given to the heads of projectiles, as flat, ogival, hemispherical, conoidal, parabolic, blunt trifaced, etc.
Derived terms
Translations
having the shape of a conoid
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French conoïdal.
Adjective
conoidal m or n (feminine singular conoidală, masculine plural conoidali, feminine and neuter plural conoidale)
- conoidal
Declension