'Conoid' definitions:
Definition of 'conoid'
(from WordNet)
noun
A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape]
Definition of 'Conoid'
From: GCIDE
- Conoid \Co"noid\ a. Resembling a cone; conoidal. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conoid'
From: GCIDE
- Conoid \Co"noid\ (k[=o]"noid), n. [Gr. kwnoeidh`s conical; kw^nos cone + e'i^dos form: cf. F. cono["i]de.]
- 1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]