Lexic.us

Definition of Cone

1. Noun. Any cone-shaped artifact.

2. Verb. Make cone-shaped. "Cone a tire"

3. Noun. A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point.

4. Noun. Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts.

5. Noun. A visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color.

Definition of Cone

1. n. A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.

2. v. t. To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.

Definition of Cone

1. to shape like a cone (a geometric solid) [v CONED, CONING, CONES]

Medical Definition of Cone

1. 1. In gymnosperms and club mosses, a group of sporophylls arranged compactly on a central axis, in the angiosperm family Casuarina, a woody multiple fruit incorporating the bracts and bracteoles associated with the flowers. 2. The retinal cone responsible for colour vision. (03 Jul 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cone

condyloma acuminatum condyloma latum condylotomy Condylura Condylura cristata condylus condylus humeri condylus lateralis condylus lateralis femoris condylus lateralis tibiae

condylus medialis condylus medialis femoris condylus medialis tibiae condylus occipitalis cone (current term) cone (current term) cone-bearing cone-nosed bug cone-shaped coned

coneflower coneflowers conelike conelrad conelrads conenose conenoses conenose bug conepate conepates

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