cone-shaped

  • 81nose cone — n. the cone shaped foremost part of a rocket or missile, usually housing the payload, instruments, etc. and made to withstand intense heat …

    English World dictionary

  • 82shatter cone — ☆ shatter cone n. a cone shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions …

    English World dictionary

  • 83nose cone — Rocketry. the cone shaped forward section of a rocket or guided missile, including a heat shield and containing the payload. [1945 50] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 84tail cone — Rocketry. a cone shaped component at the rear of a jet engine, rocket, or missile, usually serving as an exhaust pipe. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 85genital cone — Conical structure situated on the ventral surface of pereonite 6 on to which the male gonopore opens [Holdich and Jones, 1983]. (Order Tanaidacea): In male repoductive system, cone shaped process on ventral surface (sternite) of last thoracic… …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 86bifurcation cone — the cone shaped structure at the bifurcation of a dendrite …

    Medical dictionary

  • 87ice-cream cone — edible cone shaped object used for holding ice cream …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 88tail cone — i. The cone shaped section of the exhaust system of a gas turbine engine used to produce the correct change of area of the duct through which the exhaust gases leave the engine. ii. The rearmost part of an aircraft fuselage …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 89scoria cone — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Small volcanic landforms formed from focused (single vent) subaerial strombolian eruptions of basalt or basaltic andesite magma. These features have an inverted cone shaped profile and are generally circular in plan,… …

    Glossary of volcanic terms

  • 90ice-cream cone — /ˈaɪs krim koʊn/ (say uys kreem kohn) noun 1. a cone shaped edible wafer designed to hold ice cream. 2. such a wafer holding ice cream …