conoidal
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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
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
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 Alexander von Humboldt
Comets; the nucleus and tail; various forms and directions of the emanations in conoidal envelopes, with more or less dense walls.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
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
