American English pronunciation
How to pronounce conical
IPA transcription: ['kɑnɪkəl]
Pronunciation variants: ['kɑnɪkəl]['koʊnɪkəl]
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Adjective
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relating to or resembling a cone
“conical mountains”
“conelike fruit”
Usage examples
- The earliest side-scan sonars used a single conical-beam transducer.
- It was a conical or semi-oval biretta surrounded by three crowns and two lappets attached to the back.
- The mound was originally conical in shape.
- A later variant with a more conical top is known as a 'sugarloaf helm'.
- The crown is conical, becoming a narrow rounded dome with age.
- The use of the conical measure usually dictates its construction material.
- Its cousin, the Western oboe, has a double reed and a conical bore.
- The seed capsule is covered with numerous conical humps and a few spines.
- His tomb is a structure with a blue turquoise conical dome, at Qazvin.
- These were more conical looking compared with the half cone shaped initial mantles.