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cone

/kəʊn/ /koʊn/

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A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.

Examples :

"The ice cream cone was perfectly formed, showcasing the smooth, curved surface of a cone. "

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A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.

Examples :

"Imagine spinning a paper triangle really fast; the solid shape it makes is a cone. "

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A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.

Examples :

"Sentence: In topology class, the professor used a diagram of a line segment, then showed how creating a cone from it (by connecting all points of one end to a single point) transforms the line into a flat, triangular shape. "

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Anything shaped like a cone.

Examples :

"The ice cream vendor's cart had many colorful cones. "

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The fruit of a conifer.

Examples :

"My grandmother picked a large, juicy pine cone from the tree in her backyard. "

fruit plant seed

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A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and proteas.

Examples :

"The vase held several protea stems, each topped with a beautiful, vibrant cone. "

plant nature biology

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An ice cream cone.

Examples :

"My little sister wanted a chocolate cone for dessert. "

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Examples :

"The construction workers placed a cone to mark the area where the new sidewalk will be built. "

traffic sign item

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A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.

Examples :

"He bought three cones of marijuana to share with his friends. "

culture substance

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Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.

Examples :

"The doctor examined the patient's retina and found some small cones were damaged. "

anatomy organ physiology part biology medicine body

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The bowl piece on a bong.

Examples :

"He carefully packed the cone of the bong with marijuana. "

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The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.

Examples :

"He took a cone at the party, enjoying the effects of the cannabis. "

substance entertainment culture

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A cone-shaped cannabis joint.

Examples :

"He rolled a cone for his friend before the school dance. "

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A passenger on a cruise ship (so-called by employees after traffic cones, from the need to navigate around them)

Examples :

"The server sighed and muttered, "Excuse me, ma'am," as she carefully navigated her tray around a "cone" engrossed in taking a selfie by the buffet table. "

nautical person entertainment job

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An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.)

Examples :

"In category theory, we can visualize a cone as a point with arrows leading to each object in a diagram, allowing all paths between objects to be consistent. "

math logic theory

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A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.

Examples :

"The marine biologist carefully examined the cone, noting its distinctive conical shape. "

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A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.

Examples :

"Sentence: "Researchers studying language complexity often categorize language families into a specific cone based on the types of grammars that can describe them." "

language computing theory logic

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To fashion into the shape of a cone.

Examples :

"The chef carefully coned the ice cream, creating a perfect, symmetrical shape. "

appearance style action

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To form a cone shape.

Examples :

"The chef carefully coned the pastry dough, creating a perfect, symmetrical shape. "

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(frequently followed by "off") To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones

Examples :

"The construction workers used cones to cone off the street for the new building project. "

traffic action police area vehicle