conoid
Collocations
5ADJ.
elliptic, parabolic
VERB + CONOID
use
CONOID + NOUN
ellipsoid, paraboloid, shells
PREP.
on
ADV.
recently, steadily
Definitions
adj
Shaped like a cone; conical.
The rebuilding of Oxford Road Station, Manchester […] is progressing steadily, and the conoid roof has recently been erected.
Historic England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not only create a dramatic aesthetic form, but endow the building with a light and spacious interior."
noun
Anything shaped like a cone.
The concourse is roofed with three conoids, ranging in width from 97 ft. 3 in. maximum to 41 ft. 6 in. minimum.
A Catalan surface all of whose rulings intersect some fixed line
A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis
A parabolic conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic conoid is an ellipsoid.
The pineal gland
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Synonyms
noun — a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a
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Idioms & Phrases
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4The rebuilding of Oxford Road Station, Manchester […] is progressing steadily, and the conoid roof has recently been erected.
WiktionaryHistoric England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not o
WiktionaryThe concourse is roofed with three conoids, ranging in width from 97 ft. 3 in. maximum to 41 ft. 6 in. minimum.
WiktionaryA parabolic conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic conoid is an ellipsoid.
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