conoidal

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Many different forms have been given to the heads of projectiles, as flat, ogival, hemispherical, conoidal, parabolic, blunt trifaced, etc.

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

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 Humboldt, Alexander von

In this motion, the string forms a sort of conoidal surface, distended by centrifugal force.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 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