Part 2278

<h1>Conhydrine</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con*hy"drine</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Con</ets>ium + <ets>hydr</ets>ate.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (<spn>Conium maculatum</spn>). It is a white crystalline substance, <chform>C8H17NO</chform>, easily convertible into conine.</def>

<h1>Conia</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Co*ni"a</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Conium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Conine</er>.</def>

<h1>Conic, Conical</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw><hw>Con"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>conique</ets>. See <er>Cone</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; <as>as, a <ex>conic</ex> or <ex>conical</ex> figure; a <ex>conical</ex> vessel.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a cone; <as>as, <ex>conic</ex> sections</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Conic section</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included.</cd> -- <col>Conic sections</col>, <cd>that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.</cd> -- <col>Conical pendulum</col>. <cd>See <er>Pendulum</er>.</cd> -- <col>Conical projection</col>, <cd>a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe.</cd> -- <col>Conical surface</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.</cd></cs>

<h1>Conic</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A conic section.</def>

<h1>Conicality</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con`i*cal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Conicalness.</def>

<h1>Conically</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the form of a cone.</def>

<h1>Conicalness</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State or quality of being conical.</def>

<h1>Conico-</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"i*co-</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Conic</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form, meaning <i>somewhat resembling a cone</i>; <as>as, <ex>conico</ex>-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; <ex>conico</ex>-hemispherical; <ex>conico</ex>-subulate.</as></def>

<h1>Conicoid</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"i*coid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Conic</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Conoidal</er>.</def>

<h1>Conics</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conic sections.</def>

<h1>Conidium</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Co*nid"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Conida</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zo\'94spores.</def>

<h1>Conifer</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Co"ni*fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conifer</ets>; <ets>conus</ets> cone + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F. <ets>conif\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order <spn>Coniferae</spn>, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.</def>

<h1>Coniferin</h1> <Xpage=303>