conical - use in sentences

Used with adjective complement

  • become: It becomes conical shaped as it matures, finally reaching about 50 feet with a 30 foot spread.

Modifies a noun

  • flask: Sit the funnel on top of a large conical flask.
  • boat-tails: Effect of angle of attack on the base axial force and drag of cylindrical bodies with conical boat-tails.
  • finial: It is a Maldon Iron Works example with a conical finial.
  • chanter: They were a loud outdoor instrument with a conical chanter.
  • intersection: In the vicinity of a conical intersection, many unusual quantum effects take place.
  • bore: T his conical bore can be seen clearly in this image of his 1828 model.

Modifying Another Word

  • broadly: Broadly conical conifer with dark green leaves which are silver underneath.
  • slightly: Small cup with vertical curved lip, horizontal, upturned handles, short stem and slightly conical base.
  • perfectly: From some angles it seems perfectly conical like a classic volcano.
  • narrowly: For the best results the narrowly conical to columnar shape needs to be balanced with other rounded and prostrate forms.
  • little: The Bassoon tubes spring up a little conical, and suddenly spread out wide at the top like a bell.
  • somewhat: Their heads were large and somewhat conical at the top.

Preposition: in

  • shape: A radar signal is conical in shape, much like a flashlight beam.

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