Cone

kōn, n. a solid pointed figure with a circular base: fruit shaped like a cone, as that of the pine, fir, .: anything shaped like a cone.— ns. Cone′-shell , a family of Gasteropod molluscs, with substantial conical shells; Cone′-wheat , a variety of wheat, with conical-shaped spike.— adjs. Conic , -al , having the form of or pertaining to a cone.— adv. Con′ically .— ns. Con′icalne , Conic′ity .— adj. Con′ico-cylin′drical .— n. Con′ics , that part of geometry which deals with the cone and its sections.— adj. Cō′niform , in the form of a cone.— Conic section , a figure made by the section of a cone by a plane. [Fr. cone —L.,—Gr. kōnos , a peak, a peg.]