English Explanatory Dictionary

spheroconic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
adj
  1. Having a coiled shell approaching a sphere in shape.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spheroconic.wav

Word forms

spheroconic spheroconics

Etymology

From sphero- + conic.

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