meaning of conoid
1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Resembling a cone; conoidal.
5. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
Related Words
conoid | conoidal | conoidic | conoidical |
