conoidal

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B. Sc.—Combination of two conoidal lenses.—Range of power obtained.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various

It is of conoidal form, with an irregular elliptic base, and rises abruptly to a height of 1114 ft.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The 580 conoidal bore greatly improved the quality of tone and the production of the higher harmonics of the third octave.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Keen has recorded a case in which a conoidal ball lodged in the body of the third cervical vertebra, from which it was extracted six weeks later.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The hemispherical, conoidal, parabolic and blunt trifaced all give more or less of the wedging effect.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various