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conical

[kon-ik]

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adjective

Also, con·i·cal. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.

noun

Geometry. conic section.

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Origin:
1560–70; < Greek kōnikós, equivalent to kôn(os) cone + -ikos -ic

Related forms

con·i·cal·ly, adverb

co·nic·i·ty

[ko-nis-i-tee] , con·i·cal·ness, noun

mul·ti·con·ic, adjective

sem·i·con·i·cal, adjective

sem·i·con·i·cal·ly, adverb

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sub·con·ic, adjective

sub·con·i·cal, adjective

sub·con·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·con·i·cal, adjective

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Example Sentences

She's usually a bottle blonde, stuffed into a tight sweater that outlines her oddly conical breasts.

Then screw down a self centering conical plug to block the pipe opening.

Modern crocodiles have fairly undifferentiated, conical teeth specialized for a bite-and-gulp feeding style.

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She's usually a bottle blonde, stuffed into a tight sweater that outlines her oddly conical breasts.

Then screw down a self centering conical plug to block the pipe opening.

Modern crocodiles have fairly undifferentiated, conical teeth specialized for a bite-and-gulp feeding style.

It also has a large rounded mound in its middle, rather than the usual conical uplift.

Towers could be square or round, with either crenellated tops or conical roofs.

It has a slightly dished conical shape which puts the pinhole back inside the body.

Each twin had a half-round bay rising to a conical tower.

Very large deciduous tree with narrow, conical crown of horizontal branches.

The design features three rotor blades wrapped around a conical hub to create a kind of helix.

The trainer places a conical marker buoy over the dolphin's snout.

The scientists studied the conical photoreceptors in the salmon's retina.

Large tree with dark or blue-green foliage and a dense, narrow, conical crown of short branches spreading in close rows.

It has a neat, conical form and has a presence about it that makes it the focal point of any larger property.

Tree with dense, conical or rounded crown of often horizontal branches with beautiful white flower clusters.

The conical formations are the result of volcanic eruptions that took place millions of years ago.

The nautiloids lifted off from life on the seabed as gas-filled chambers in their conical shells made them buoyant.

Now you can finally get that conical bra you've been dreaming about.

Nearby, on a conical mound of mud, a flamingo bent toward its chick to offer a broth of fats and proteins.

Twin conical peaks, whose slopes descend to the harbor, dominate the view that greets the visitor.

Stratovolcanoes are known for their steep, conical shapes, which are built by eruptions of viscous lava.

Many are abandoned, their conical roofs crumbling, but some are still family homes and others are available for tourists to rent.

These men drop the conical nets on top of schools of fish and use spears to catch them.

Extracting a deeply embedded conical tooth-easily marred by a stray blow-was precise, delicate work.

To the east the mountain's conical shadow stretches to the horizon, sharply etched across a sea of clouds.

Most residents still live in mud huts with conical reed roofs.

He also had found a jaw in which conical teeth appeared to have rested in.

The interference is emitted in a conical shape outward from the device.

Known for its conical teeth, distinct vertebrae, and.

Moerner compares it to looking down at a small, conical volcanic island.

It is on show beside a much-cuddled teddy bear with similar conical protuberances made of rolled newspaper.

Some breweries tried out cans with conical rather than flat tops, but they didn't stack and ship as easily.

He can be identified as a king because he wears a tall, conical hat, a symbol of power and prestige.

The conical lid has a jaunty topknot used as a handle.

Vietnamese fishers wearing traditional conical hats go about their daily business along the.

The theme continues on the conical cover where peaks cast in high relief shoot.

The high conical roof, damaged years earlier in a fire, gaped open to the elements and the dim stars.

Its smiling red and orange face, with arched eyebrows and a conical head, is both silly and sly.

The high conical ceiling is supported by a single pole, made from a eucalyptus trunk.

Like the fez-style conical hats and sculpted headpieces, they were graphic.

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Word Origin & History

conic

1560s, "pertaining to a cone," from Gk. konikos "cone-shaped," from konos (see cone).

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conical

1560s, "pertaining to a cone," also "having the shape of a cone," from conic + -al (1).

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

conical con·i·cal (kŏn'ĭ-kəl) or con·ic (-ĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or shaped like a cone.

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