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Definition: Conical |
ConicalAdjective1. Relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references) |
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Mining | Cone-shaped. In mineralogy, usually an elongated cone as are most icicles. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, a cone is the quadric surface generated when a line is rotated around a fixed point (called the apex), at a fixed angle from another line (called the axis), both lines passing through that fixed point. It also can be described as the locus of all the points belonging to all the lines that pass through a given point, and that intersect at that point at a fixed angle to the axis line.
Lower half of a mathematical coneA cone is represented in Cartesian coordinates by the equation
The shape called cone in more colloquial usage is half of a mathematical cone, being divided at the apex; or else more than half if it is removed at some distance from the apex (i.e., a frustum - see below). Common cone-shaped objects are an ice cream cone (with the point down), plastic traffic cones on roads for temporarily guiding traffic (with the point up), and pine cones (see botanical definition below).
- ax² + by² + cz² = 0.
A cone with its apex cut off by a plane parallel to its base is called a conical frustum.
In Botany, the term cone refers to a roughly conical (that is, "cone-shaped" as defined above) structure characterized by scales or bracts arranged around a central axis, usually in conifers and cycads.
In vertebrate anatomy, a cone is a type of light-sensitive cell found along with rods in the retina of the eye.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cone."
Synonyms: ConicalSynonyms: conelike (adj), cone-shaped (adj), conic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rotundity | Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball. |
Sharpness | Adjective: sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform; aculeated, acuminated; pointed; tapering; conical, pyramidal; mucronate, mucronated; spindle shaped, needle shaped; spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient; cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated; cornute, cornuted, cornicultate; prickly; spiny, spinous, spicular; thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary; craggy; (rough); snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform; dentiform, denticulated; toothed; odontoid; starlike; stellated, stelliform; sagittate, sagittiform; arrowheaded; arrowy, barbed, spurred. |
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Screenplays | Don't tell me you put on a black conical hat and spent the night flying around the neighborhood on a broomstick (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) | |
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 | A white female patient, while sitting, is receiving a mammogram with a technician is standing in the background. The conical tip is compressing the right breast and the left breast is visible. Note the older machine. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | A hot pink plate on a light pink-checkered tablecloth. On the plate is a tall, conical glass of a yellow liquid, garnished with a lemon slice, some purple grapes and a straw. In front of the glass is a long stirring spoon. Behind it are a whole pineapple and a green bowl with 2 whole lemons. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Figure 9. Cone for use with Hensen conical net. Invented by Victor Hensen of the University of Kiel in about 1883. He called this invention " Korbnetz." In 1901 he described an improved version that contained a tin-plate envelope. Between these dates, an intermediate form of this net and cone was used in the course of the Plankton Expedition of 1889. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Harold F. Pitcairn Estate (Bryn Athyn, Pa.). Palm house. Roof and conical ventilator. Elevation, horizontal section, and roof plan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Red vase" by Stella Reese Commentary: "Red, conical, glass vase." |
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| "Conical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Conical" is used about 192 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 192 | 22,147 |
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Expressions using "conical": conical buoy ♦ conical cavity ♦ conical hat ♦ Conical pendulum ♦ conical pointed grub screw ♦ Conical projection ♦ Conical pulley ♦ Conical refraction ♦ conical saw ♦ conical surface ♦ conical wave ♦ oblique conical conformal projection. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "conical": conical-roofed. | |
Ending with "conical": double-conical, Plano-conical. | |
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| Language | Translations for "conical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në trajtë koni (coniform), konik (conic, coniform, tapering). (various references) | |
Arabic | مخروطي الشكل (conic), مخروطي (conic), المخروطي (conic). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | конусообразен (conic, coniform, conoid), коничен (conic). (various references) | |
Chinese | 圆锥形 (Conic, Conically). (various references) | |
Czech | kuželovitý (conic, taper), kónický (conoid), homolovitý. (various references) | |
Danish | spole med konusflanger (knitting spool with conical flanges, sewing spool with conical flanges), spole med koniske flanger (knitting spool with conical flanges, sewing spool with conical flanges), spaendepatron (collet, conical grip), primærbølge (conical wave, head waves, refracted wave, von Schmidt wave), konisk elektrodespids (conical end of an electrode, pointed tip), hovedløs sætskrue med konisk ende (conical pointed grub screw, headless set screw with cone point), dobbeltkonisk rundsavklinge (conical saw, double-conical saw, double-swage saw, double-swage-set saw, splitting saw, taper-ground saw, taper-saw), brudt bølge (conical wave, head waves, refracted wave, von Schmidt wave), bøjeprøve på konisk dorn (bending over conical mandrel). (various references) | |
Dutch | conische cirkelzaag (conical saw, double-conical saw, double-swage saw, double-swage-set saw, splitting saw, taper-ground saw, taper-saw), stelschroef met kegelpunt (conical pointed grub screw, headless set screw with cone point), spanhuls (collet, conical grip), konische schroef met afnemende spoeddiameter (truly conical screw), konische buigproef (bending over conical mandrel), kegelvormig elektrode-einde (conical end of an electrode, pointed tip), eerste golven (conical wave, head waves, refracted wave, von Schmidt wave), afgeknotte kegel (conical frustrum, conical frustum, frustrum, frustrum of a cone, frustum, frustum of a cone, truncated cone). (various references) | |
Farsi | مخروطی(conic=), کله قندی (Congurous). (various references) | |
Finnish | keilanmuotoinen, kartiomainen. (various references) | |
French | conique (conic), de forme conique. (various references) | |
German | kegelförmig (cone-shaped, conic, tapering), konisch (conic, tapering). (various references) | |
Greek | κωνικόσ (conic). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חדודי (cuspidal), חרוטי (conic), דמוי קונוס. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kúp alakú (conic, coniform, tapered). (various references) | |
Italian | conico (conic), cònico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 円錐振子 (conical pendulum), 円錐図法 (conical projection). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | えんすいずほう (conical projection), えんすいふりこ (conical pendulum). (various references) | |
Korean | 원뿔 (Conic). (various references) | |
Manx | cughlinagh (conic, coniform, pineal), kione virragh (conic). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onicalcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | coniforme (conic, coniform), cônico (conic, tapering). (various references) | |
Romanian | conic (cone-shaped, conic, coniform, tapering), de formã conicã. (various references) | |
Russian | конический (conic, coniform). (various references) | |
Scottish | cabhuil (a conical basket for catching fish), tòrr (a hill of conic form, abrupt or conical hill or mountain, bury), mul (a conical heap, axle, axle-tree, conical heap, mound, shingly beach). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | koničan. (various references) | |
Spanish | cónico (conic, coniform). (various references) | |
Swedish | konisk (conic, tapered), kägelformad (conic). (various references) | |
Turkish | konik (bevel, coned, conic, coniform, conoid, tapered, tapering), koni ile ilgili (conic), koni şeklinde (conic, coniform). (various references) | |
Turkmen | zцmmek (pointed), зьri (crested). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | конусоподібний (coniform, conoidal, taper), конусний. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hình nón (cone, coniform). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "conical": conically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "conical": iconical. (additional references) | |
Words containing "conical": iconically, laconically. (additional references) | |
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"Conical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cantical, cenical, cinical, concal, concial, conciel, concil, concile, concill, conciola, concol, coneral, congical, coniacian, conican, conicas, Conival, Conoca, Conyza, councial, Counihan, Cowichan, cronical, Cunico, Cunnigar, fonical, Loznica, Mcnicoll. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conical" (pronounced kÄ"nikul or kō"nikul) |
| 6 | -Ä" n i k u l | ironical. |
| 5 | -n i k u l | botanical, cynical, ecumenical, electromechanical, ethnical, galenical, technical, mechanical, nontechnical, preclinical, puritanical, rabbinical, tyrannical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, evangelical, fanatical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, inimical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
| 5 | -n i k u l | botanical, cynical, ecumenical, electromechanical, ethnical, galenical, technical, ironical, mechanical, nontechnical, preclinical, puritanical, rabbinical, tyrannical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, evangelical, fanatical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, inimical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: laconic. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o" | |
-1 letter: alnico, calico, clonic, cocain, oilcan. | |
-2 letters: aloin, colic, colin, conic, linac, nicol. | |
-3 letters: anil, cain, calo, ciao, cion, clan, clon, coal, coca, coil, coin, cola, coni, icon, laic, lain, lino, lion, loan, loca, loci, loin, nail, naoi, noil. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, ani, can, col, con, ion, lac, lin, nil, oca, oil. | |
-5 letters: ai, al, an. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: iconical, lactonic, volcanic. | |
+2 letters: canonical, cochineal, conciliar, conically, volcanics. | |
+3 letters: calcinoses, calcinosis, calcitonin, canonicals, caracoling, carbonylic, catholicon, coalescing, cochineals, colocating, compliance, compliancy, concealing, conchoidal, conciliate, councilman, economical, iconically, iconoclasm, iconoclast, inculcator, lactogenic, neoclassic, noncaloric, occasional, occidental. | |
+4 letters: accessional, acclamation, acclimation, accordingly, anacoluthic, anecdotical, anticyclone, calcination, calcitonins, calculation, cancelation, canonically, caracolling, catholicons, chalcedonic, chameleonic, chancroidal, charcoaling, chronically, circulation, cloxacillin, cocktailing, collocating, collocation, compliances, conceivable, conceivably, conciliarly, conciliated, conciliates, conciliator, confiscable, conflictual, contractile, coprincipal, covalencies, crocodilian, cyclazocine, cyclization, glauconitic, iconoclasms, iconoclasts, inculcation, inculcators, laconically, macronuclei, melancholic, monarchical, narcoleptic, neocortical, nonchemical, noncircular, nonclerical, nonclinical, noncritical, noncyclical, nonvolcanic, occultation, oecumenical, oncological, sacculation, uncanonical, volcanicity. | |
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