conoidal

From conoid +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl

conoidal (not comparable)

1. Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
   • 1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige‎^[1]:

     And a moment later a conoidal bullet struck him square in the chest and knocked him flat in the dirt among his comrades.

   • 1891, Various, Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891‎^[2]:

     Many different forms have been given to the heads of projectiles, as flat, ogival, hemispherical, conoidal, parabolic, blunt trifaced, etc.

Borrowed from French conoïdal.

conoidal m or n (feminine singular conoidală, masculine plural conoidali, feminine and neuter plural conoidale)

1. conoidal