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Definition of cone

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Cone (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex..

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Conical :: Conical (a.) Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections..

Yew :: Yew (n.) An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards..

Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..

Ganoidei :: Ganoidei (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales..

Conical :: Conical (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel..

Titler :: Titler (n.) A large truncated cone of refined sugar.

Coney :: Coney (n.) A fish. See Cony.

Proostracum :: Proostracum (n.) The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone..

Conepatl :: Conepatl (n.) The skunk.

Pseudo-cone :: Pseudo-cone (n.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others..

Acorn :: Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head..

Infundibuliform :: Infundibuliform (a.) Having the form of a funnel or cone; funnel-shaped.

Extinguisher :: Extinguisher (n.) One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle..

Cone :: Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base..

Ancones :: Ancones (pl. ) of Anco.

Funnel :: Funnel (v. t.) A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel..

Revolution :: Revolution (n.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere..

Quindecone :: Quindecone (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid..

Strobilaceous :: Strobilaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone.

Quadric :: Quadric (n.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics..