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21cone — [[t]koʊn[/t]] n. v. coned, con•ing 1) math. a) a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex b) a plane surface… …
22Cone of depression — A cone of depression occurs in an aquifer when groundwater is pumped from a well. In an unconfined aquifer (water table), this is an actual depression of the water levels. In confined aquifers (artesian), the cone of depression is a reduction in… …
23cone — noun 1》 an object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point. ↘(also traffic cone) a plastic cone shaped object used to separate off sections of a road. ↘a cone shaped wafer container in which ice cream is served.… …
24cone — I. noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin conus, from Greek kōnos Date: 1545 1. a. a solid generated by rotating a right triangle about one of its legs called also right circular cone b. a solid bounded by a circular or …
25Cone of Silence — For the British aviation drama film, see Cone of Silence (1960 film). The Cone of Silence is one of many recurring joke devices from Get Smart, an American comedy television series of the 1960s about an inept spy. Invented by Professor Cone , the …
26cone clutch — noun a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone shaped • Syn: ↑cone friction clutch • Hypernyms: ↑friction clutch * * * noun : a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone shaped * * * cone clutch, a friction… …
27cone clutch — A clutch using a cone shaped member that is forced into a cone shaped depression in the flywheel, or other driving unit, thus locking the two together, although no longer used on cars, the cone clutch finds some applications in small riding… …
28Cone beam reconstruction — For microtomography, X ray scanners typically use two methods for scanning: Fan beam reconstruction Cone beam reconstruction. Cone beam set up Cone beam reconstruction uses a 2 dimensional approach for obtaining projection data. Instead of… …
29cone — [[t]ko͟ʊn[/t]] cones 1) N COUNT A cone is a shape with a circular base and smooth curved sides ending in a point at the top. 2) N COUNT A cone is the fruit of a tree such as a pine or fir. ...a bowl of fir cones. 3) N COUNT A cone is a thin, cone …
30cone karst — 1. A karst landscape dominated by low conical (or hemispherical) hills that forms only in wet tropical climates. The type example is Gunung Sewu in Java. Individual hills are remarkably uniform, each some few hundred meters in diameter and… …
