conoidal

See also: conoïdal

English

Etymology

conoid +‎ -al

Adjective

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.

Translations

having the shape of a conoid

• French: conoïdal (fr)
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• Spanish: conoideo