conoid

Plural: conoids

Noun

• A geometric solid generated by revolving a conic section about an axis.
• a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
• Anything shaped like a cone
• A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line
• A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis
• The pineal gland

Adj

• Shaped like a cone; conical.

Examples

• A parabolic conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic conoid is an ellipsoid.
• The placement of tiles formed a complex CONOID pattern, making it hard to find a new word.

Synonyms

cone, cone shape

Related Words

CONOIDAL