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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conoid \Co"noid\, n. [Gr. ? conical; ? cone + ? from: cf F. cono["i]de.] 1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. 2. (Geom.) a 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 b 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. --Math. Dict. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conoid \Co"noid\ a. Resembling a cone; conoidal. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conoid n : a shape whose base is a cone and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: {cone}, {cone shape}]
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