conoidal

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These emanations may be regarded as conoidal envelopes of greater of less thickness, p 102 and, considered in this manner, they furnish a simple explanation of many of the remarkable optical phenomena already spoken of.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

Meanwhile, as an alternative form the conoidal seal, rounded at the top and having a flat base for the intaglio, came into use beside the cylinder.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 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 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

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