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Conicoid

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  noun, Cartography. 1. a map projection based on the concept of projecting the earth’s surface on a conical surface, which is then unrolled to a plane surface. noun 1. a map projection on which the earth is shown as projected onto a cone with its apex over one of the poles and with parallels of […]

• Conics

  [kon-iks] /ˈkɒn ɪks/ noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. the branch of geometry that deals with sections. [kon-ik] /ˈkɒn ɪk/ adjective 1. Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a . noun 2. Geometry. . /ˈkɒnɪks/ noun 1. (functioning as sing) the branch of geometry concerned with the parabola, ellipse, and […]

• Conic-section

  noun, Geometry. 1. a curve formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone; an ellipse, a circle, a parabola, or a hyperbola. noun 1. one of a group of curves formed by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone. It is either a circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola, […]

• Conidia

  [koh-nid-ee-uh m, kuh-] /koʊˈnɪd i əm, kə-/ noun, plural conidia [koh-nid-ee-uh, kuh-] /koʊˈnɪd i ə, kə-/ (Show IPA). Botany. 1. (in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch. /kəʊˈnɪdɪəm/ noun (pl) -nidia (-ˈnɪdɪə) 1. an asexual spore formed at the tip of a specialized hypha (conidiophore) in fungi […]

• Conidiophore

  [koh-nid-ee-uh-fawr, -fohr, kuh-] /koʊˈnɪd i əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, kə-/ noun, Botany. 1. (in fungi) a special stalk or branch of the mycelium, bearing conidia. /kəʊˈnɪdɪəˌfɔː/ noun 1. a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium conidiophore co·nid·i·o·phore (kə-nĭd’ē-ə-fôr’) n. A specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia. co·nid’i·oph’or·ous (kə-nĭd’ē-ŏf’ər-əs) adj. conidiophore […]

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