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Conical vs Conoidal - What's the difference?

conical | conoidal |

As adjectives the difference between conical and conoidal

is that conical is (geometry) of or relating to a cone or cones while conoidal is having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.

conical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (geometry) Of or relating to a cone or cones.
  • Shaped like a cone.

    • Related terms

    * conicity

    Synonyms

    * (geometry ): conic

    Anagrams

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    conoidal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape
  • * {{quote-book, year=1910, author=Robert W. Chambers, title=Ailsa Paige, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=And a moment later a conoidal bullet struck him square in the chest and knocked him flat in the dirt among his comrades. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1891, author=Various, title=Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Many different forms have been given to the heads of projectiles, as flat, ogival, hemispherical, conoidal , parabolic, blunt trifaced, etc. }}