cone

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From Latin conus "cone, wedge, peak," from Ancient Greek κώνος (konos) "cone, spinning top, pine cone"

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Singular
cone

Plural
cones

cone (plural cones)

A cone (1)-(3)
  1. (geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
  2. (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
  3. (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.
  4. Anything shaped like a cone.[1]
  5. The fruit of a conifer.[1]
  6. An ice cream cone.[1]
  7. 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.
  8. Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.[1]

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to cone

Third person singular
cones

Simple past
coned

Past participle
coned

Present participle
coning

to cone (third-person singular simple present cones, present participle coning, simple past and past participle coned)

  1. (pottery) To fashion into the shape of a cone.

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  • Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1998

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[edit] Noun

cone m.

  1. cone
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