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41Violín — Tesitura …
42conoid — adj. [Gr. konos, cone; eidos, form] Having the form of a cone; conoidal; see cyrtoconoid, coeloconoid …
43Brale — /brayl/, Trademark. a brand of conoidal diamond or diamond pointed tool, having convexly curved sides meeting at an angle of 120°, used as an indenter in testing the hardness of metals. * * * …
44conoid — conoidally, adv. /koh noyd/, adj. 1. Also, conoidal. resembling a cone in shape; cone shaped. n. 2. a geometrical solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about one of its axes. [1650 60; < Gk konoeidés. See CONE, OID] * * * …
45fan vault — a vault composed of a number of concave conoidal surfaces, usually four, springing from the corners of the vaulting compartment and touching or intersecting at the top, often decorated with ribs. See illus. under vault1. * * * …
46small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… …
47tactics — /tak tiks/, n. 1. (usually used with a sing. v.) the art or science of disposing military or naval forces for battle and maneuvering them in battle. 2. (used with a pl. v.) the maneuvers themselves. 3. (used with a sing. v.) any mode of procedure …
48wave — waveless, adj. wavelessly, adv. wavingly, adv. wavelike, adj. /wayv/, n., v., waved, waving. n. 1. a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell. 2. any surging or progressing movement …
49Wave — /wayv/, n. a member of the Waves. Also, WAVE. [1942; see WAVES] * * * I In oceanography, a ridge or swell on the surface of a body of water, normally having a forward motion distinct from the motions of the particles that compose it. Ocean waves… …
50Conomurex luhuanus — Strawberry conch A shell of the Strawberry conch, Conomurex luhuanus. Scientific classification Kingdom …
