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conoidal

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See also: conoïdal

English

Etymology

From conoid + -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

conoidal (not comparable)

  1. 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.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conoïdal.

Adjective

conoidal m or n (feminine singular conoidală, masculine plural conoidali, feminine/neuter plural conoidale)

  1. conoidal

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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