Definition of Coning

1. Verb. (present participle of cone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coning

1. cone [v] - See also: cone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coning

coniferyl-alcohol oxidase
coniferyl alcohol
coniferyl alcohol dehydrogenase
conifold
conifolds
coniform
coniine
coniine hydrobromide
coniines
conima
conimas
conimene
conin
conine
conines
coning (current term)
conins
coniofibrosis
coniolymphstasis
coniometer
coniophage
conioses
coniosis
coniotomy
conirostral
conisation
conisor
conisors
conistra
conite

Literary usage of Coning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"From the punching press, or from the rolling mill, if web holes are not required, the wheel is taken to the coning press, being hot stamped in transit with ..."

2. Field-book for Railroad Engineers: Circular and Parabolic Curves, Turnouts by John Benjamin Henck (1896)
"The principal of these causes is probably improper " coning " of the wheels. ... To remedy this, coning of the wheels was introduced, by means of which the ..."

3. Railroad Construction, Theory and Practice: A Text-book for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1922)
"It has been demon.strated that with parallel axles the influence of coning diminishes as the distance between the axle increases, ..."

4. Railroad Construction: : Theory and Practice : a Text-book for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1917)
"Under such ideal conditions, coning would be a valuable device, but it is impracticable to have all axles radial, and the radius of curvature of the track ..."

5. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"(a) coning angle for maximum axial rotor lift on the assumption that the blade has no acceleration in the flapping plane about the flapping hinge. Note. ..."

6. Manual for Railroad Engineers and Engineering Students: Containing the Rules by George Leonard Vose (1881)
"coning OF WHEELS. As remarked in a previous chapter, the outer wheel ... The amount of such coning must depend upon the radius of the curve and upon the ..."

7. Regionalism: Problems and Prospects by Bertus De Villiers, Jabu Sindane (1993)
"Christo de coning is a Policy Programme Co-ordinator at the Centre for Policy Analysis, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). ..."

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