Spheroconic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spheroconic is a noun meaning (malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a coiled shell approaching a sphere in shape.
Meaning
(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a coiled shell approaching a sphere in shape.
More Meanings
- (geometry) A non-plane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere centred at the cone's vertex.
Word Forms
- spheroconics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypercone, spheroform, spherics, spherocylinder, conoid, cone.
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