Definition of conoid Conoid

co•noid

We found 9 definitions of conoid from 5 different sources.

What does conoid mean?

Noun
conoid - a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
		cone, cone shape
		round shape a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
		funnel shape, funnel (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)

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conoid (Adjective)
Shaped like a cone; conical.
conoid (Adjective)
A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line.

conoid (n.)
Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
conoid (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.
conoid (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.
conoid (a.)
Resembling a cone; conoidal.

conoid
kōn′oid, n. anything like a cone in form.—adjs. Conoid′ic, -al, Con′oid, Conoid′al. [Gr. kōnos, a cone, eidos, form.]