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right circular cone

–noun Geometry.
a cone whose surface is generated by lines joining a fixed point to the points of a circle, the fixed point lying on a perpendicular through the center of the circle.


Origin:
1940–45
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right circular cone  
n.  The surface generated by a generator passing through a vertex that lies on the perpendicular axis of a circular directrix.
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