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- Conoid - n. - Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
- Conoid - n. - A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc.
- Conoid - n. - A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane.
- Conoid - a. - Resembling a cone; conoidal.
- Conoidal - a. - Nearly, but not exactly, conical.
- Conoidic - a. - Alt. of Conoidical
- Conoidical - a. - Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
- Top - n. - A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.