present participle of cone

Alternative spelling of sulfur cone

a conical deposit of sulfur condensed from a fumarole

(physics): In special relativity, the pattern describing the temporal evolution of a flash of light in Minkowski spacetime. This is modeled in 3-space using the two horizontal axes as spatial dimensions, while the vertical axis is time.

(aviation) The forwardmost part of an aircraft, rocket or missile; it is shaped to minimize aerodynamic resistance.

(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.

plural of pine cone

Alternative form of pinecone.

(US) A confection of crushed ice covered with flavored syrup or fruit juice, usually served in a paper cone or a plastic glass.

(linear algebra) Relative to a set S in Rⁿ, the set of points y such that the inner product of x and y is not positive for any point x in S.