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conical

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adj/ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl//ˈkɔn.ɪ.kəl//ˈkɑ.nɪ.kəl/
  1. 1

    Of or relating to a cone or cones.

    • He anſwers, That this Motion is Conical; and judgeth, that by the Conick path all the Phænomena of Comets can, without any inconveniency, be readily ſolved; even of that, which (by Hiſtory) in fifty days, paſſed through more then the 12 Sig
  2. 2

    Shaped like a cone.

    • IN Planes neither equinoctiall nor polar, the equator will be a right line, the tropiques and other parallels of declination will be conicall ſections, ſome of them parabolicall, ſome ellipticall, but the moſt of them hyperbolicall.
  3. 3

    Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.

noun/ˈkɒn.ɪ.kəl//ˈkɔn.ɪ.kəl//ˈkɑ.nɪ.kəl/
  1. 1

    A cone-shaped bullet.

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