cone
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See also cône
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- Rhymes: -əʊn
[edit] Etymology
From Latin conus "cone, wedge, peak," from Ancient Greek κώνος (konos) "cone, spinning top, pine cone"
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cone (plural cones)
- (geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
- (topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
- Anything shaped like a cone.[1]
- The fruit of a conifer.[1]
- An ice cream cone.[1]
- A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
- Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.[1]
- (slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
- (slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
- (slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
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- (geometry): conical surface
- (ice cream cone): cornet, ice cream cone
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surface of revolution
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solid of revolution
anything shaped like a cone
ice-cream cone — see ice cream cone
fruit of conifers
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photosensitive cell in retina
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cone (third-person singular simple present cones, present participle coning, simple past and past participle coned)
- (pottery) To fashion into the shape of a cone.
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cone m.
