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Meaning of 'conoid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Conoid [ a.]
- Resembling a cone; conoidal.
2 . Conoid [ n.]
- Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
- 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 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.

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con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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