cone
A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
Other meanings
A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
Related words
- cone biopsy
- cinder cone
- circular cone
- cone cell
- cone flower
- cone of confusion
- cone of power
- cone of shame
- cone off
- cone shell
- cone snail
- cone wheat
Word history
From Middle French "cone".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cone” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.