Conical
['kɒnɪk(ə)l] or ['kɑnɪkl]
Definition
(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.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Coniform, cone-shaped.
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- Just about sunrise they saw its conical shape dimly on the horizon, and Crispin, who had his glasses up, uttered a cry of dismay. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You can imagine my exultation, Watson, when within two inches of my peg I saw a conical depression in the ground. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The water that is drawn up introduces itself around the steam pipe and tends to make its exit through the annular space at the conical extremity of the latter steam pipe. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Patrick