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oblique circular cone

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noun

Geometry.

  1. a cone whose surface is generated by lines joining a fixed point to the points of a circle, the fixed point lying on a line that is not perpendicular to the circle at its center.

Etymology

Origin of oblique circular cone

Probably earlier than 1950–55

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