spheroconic

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English

Etymology

From sphero- +‎ conic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spheroconic (plural spheroconics)

  1. (geometry) A non-plane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere centred at the cone's vertex.

Adjective

spheroconic

  1. (malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a coiled shell approaching a sphere in shape.

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