Cone (formal languages)
WordNet

noun


(1)   Any cone-shaped artifact
(2)   Visual receptor cell sensitive to color
(3)   Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
(4)   A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

verb


(5)   Make cone-shaped
"Cone a tire"
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Etymology


From conus "cone, wedge, peak," from κώνος (konos) "cone, spinning top, pine cone"

Noun


  1. A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
  2. A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
  3. A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
  4. Anything shaped like a cone.
  5. The fruit of a conifer.
  6. An ice cream cone.
  7. A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
  8. Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.

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Verb



  1. To fashion into the shape of a cone.
 
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