conoidal

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See also: conoïdal

English

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Etymology

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From conoid +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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conoidal (not comparable)

  1. Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
    • 1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige[1]:
      And a moment later a conoidal bullet struck him square in the chest and knocked him flat in the dirt among his comrades.
    • 1891, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891[2]:
      Many different forms have been given to the heads of projectiles, as flat, ogival, hemispherical, conoidal, parabolic, blunt trifaced, etc.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French conoïdal.

Adjective

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conoidal m or n (feminine singular conoidală, masculine plural conoidali, feminine and neuter plural conoidale)

  1. conoidal

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