conical
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conical
- /ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl/ UK
- /ˈkɔn.ɪ.kəl/ Australia, British, Southern
- /ˈkɑ.nɪ.kəl/ US
Where it comes from
From conic + -al.
adjective more conical · most conical
- Of or relating to a cone or cones. He anſwers, That this Motion is Conical; and judgeth, that by the Conick path all the Phænomena of Comets can, without any inconveniency, be readily ſolved; even of that, which (by Hiſtory) in fifty days, paſſed through more then the 12 Signs of the Zodiack; And of that, which in two days run throug
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Shaped like a cone.
IN Planes neither equinoctiall nor polar, the equator will be a right line, the tropiques and other parallels of declination will be conicall ſections, ſome of them parabolicall, ſome ellipticall, but the moſt of them hyperbolicall.
Similar: conic
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Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.
Similar: conic
noun conicals
- A cone-shaped bullet.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cone-shaped, conic, conelike, cone, flask, tapered, erlenmeyer, conoid, conoidal, coniform, obconic, pointed, funnel-shaped, spikelike, spindle-shaped, tapering
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adj of or relating to a cone or cones
| Português | cónico, cônico |
|---|---|
| Français | conique |
| Deutsch | konisch |
| Italiano | conico |
| Ελληνικά | κωνικός konikós |
| Română | conic |
| Русский | кони́ческий koníčeskij |
| العربية | مَخْرُوطِيّ maḵrūṭiyy |
adj shaped like a cone
| हिन्दी | शंक्वाकार śaṅkvākār |
|---|---|
| Português | cónico, cônico |
| Français | conique |
| Deutsch | konisch, kegelförmig |
| Italiano | conico |
| Ελληνικά | κωνικός konikós |
| Română | conic |
| Русский | кони́ческий koníčeskij, ко́нусный kónusnyj, конусообра́зный konusoobráznyj |
| العربية | مَخْرُوطِيّ maḵrūṭiyy |
adj describing a map projection
| Русский | кони́ческий koníčeskij |
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Talk about this word "conical." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/conical. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. conical. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/conical "conical." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/conical.Cite this
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title = {conical},
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