Conoid definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONOID, n. [Gr., a cone, form.] 1. In geometry, a solid ... section is a parabola, the resulting solid is a parabolic conoid, or paraboloid; if a hyperbola, the solid is a hyperbolic conoid, or hyperboloid; of an ellipse, an elliptic conoid, a spheroid, or an ellipsoid. 2. In anatomy, a gland ... and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape] Merriam Webster's or conoidal adjective Date: ...
Parabolic conoid definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Parabolic Par`a*bol"ic ... on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which ...
... the revolution of an ellipse about its axis; an elliptic conoid; a spheroid. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having ... all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a) . Note: The ellipsoid has three principal plane ... ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Conoid Co"noid, n. [Gr. ? conical; ? cone + ? from: cf. F. cono ... of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc. (b) A surface ...
... curve is then called a semi-cubical paraboloid. A parabolic conoid. [See conoid.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a surface having ... parabolas of the higher orders. --Hutton. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Conoid Co"noid, n. [Gr. ? conical; ? cone + ? from: cf. F. cono ... of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc. (b) A surface ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL, a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Conoidic Co*noid"ic, Conoidical Co*noid"ic*al, a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
... on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which ...
... on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which ...
... on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL, a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Conoidic Co*noid"ic, Conoidical Co*noid"ic*al, a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
... on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which ...
... on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid. Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which ...
... forelock. 9. The head of a plant. 10. An inverted conoid which children play with by whirling it on its point ... A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by ...