Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
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(Geom.)
(a)
A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc.
(b)
A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane.
