conoid – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
conoid
adj.
cone-shaped
n.
conical item, thing with the shape of a cone
Conoid
In
geometry a
conoid (Greek: κωνος cone and -ειδης similar) is a
ruled surface, whose rulings (lines) fulfill the additional conditions
- (1) All rulings are parallel to a plane, the directrix plane.
- (2) All rulings intersect a fixed line, the axis.
- The conoid is a right conoid, if its axis is perpendicular to its directrix plane. Hence all rulings are perpendicular to the axis.
conoid
Noun
1. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
(synonym) cone, cone shape
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) funnel, funnel shape
(part-meronym) point, tip, peak
Conoid
(n.)
Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
(n.)
A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane.
(n.)
A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc.
(a.)
Resembling a cone; conoidal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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