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conical

/ˈkɒnɪkl/adjective

उच्चारण कॉनिकल

शंकु के आकार का, शंक्वाकार

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adjective
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    shaped like a cone

    शंकु के आकार का, शंक्वाकार

    • a conical hat
    • The ice cream was served in a conical wafer.
    • The farmer wore a conical hat to keep off the sun.
    + 2 more examples
    • The mountain had a conical peak covered in snow.
    • She rolled the paper into a conical shape to make a funnel.

    Synonyms cone-shaped tapering pointed funnel-shaped

    Opposite cylindrical flat

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

conical + noun (before noun)

Conical is mostly used before a noun to describe the shape of an object.

'Conical' प्रायः noun से पहले आकर किसी वस्तु का आकार बताता है।

  • The monk wore a conical hat.
  • The volcano has a conical peak.

be conical in shape

After a verb, conical is usually completed by in shape.

Verb के बाद 'conical' के साथ प्रायः 'in shape' आता है।

  • The tent was conical in shape.
  • Ice cream cones are conical in shape.

cone / conical (noun and adjective)

Cone is the noun and conical the adjective; do not use cone as an adjective before a noun in formal writing.

'Cone' noun है और 'conical' adjective; औपचारिक लेखन में 'cone' को adjective की तरह noun से पहले न रखें।

  • A cone has one circular base.
  • The conical flask is used in chemistry labs.

conical + comparison with other shapes

Conical is often contrasted with cylindrical (tube-shaped) and spherical (ball-shaped) in science and geometry questions.

Science और geometry के प्रश्नों में conical की तुलना प्रायः cylindrical (बेलनाकार) और spherical (गोलाकार) से की जाती है।

  • A funnel is conical, but a test tube is cylindrical.
  • The earth is spherical, not conical.
+Collocations 5

conical + noun

hatroofflasktowershell

  • The temple tower has a conical roof.

adverb + conical

almostroughlyperfectlyslightly

  • The sandcastle was roughly conical.

conical + natural object

hillpeakmoundcrater

  • A conical hill rises behind the village.

conical + container

flaskcupfunnelbasket

  • She poured the liquid through a conical funnel.

conical + shape word

structureformationformsection

  • Wind and water had carved the rock into a conical formation.
“More examples 5
  • The conical tents of the army camp stood in neat rows.

सेना के शिविर के शंक्वाकार तंबू सुव्यवस्थित पंक्तियों में खड़े थे।

  • Farmers in the hills wear conical caps made of bamboo.

पहाड़ों में किसान बाँस की बनी शंक्वाकार टोपियाँ पहनते हैं।

  • Pour the solution into the conical flask carefully.

घोल को शंक्वाकार फ्लास्क में सावधानी से डालें।

  • The rangoli was drawn around a conical heap of flowers.

रंगोली फूलों के एक शंक्वाकार ढेर के चारों ओर बनाई गई थी।

  • The nose of a rocket is conical so that it cuts through the air.

रॉकेट का अगला सिरा शंक्वाकार होता है ताकि वह हवा को चीरकर निकल सके।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These adjectives describe solid shapes, and each names a different outline.

ये adjectives ठोस आकृतियों का वर्णन करते हैं और हर एक अलग रूपरेखा बताता है।

conical

Narrowing evenly from a round base to a point.

गोल आधार से नुकीले सिरे तक समान रूप से सँकरा होता हुआ।

  • The cone of the temple is conical.

cylindrical

Shaped like a tube or a drum, with the same width from end to end.

नली या ड्रम जैसा, जिसकी चौड़ाई दोनों सिरों तक समान रहती है।

  • The water tank is cylindrical.

spherical

Shaped like a ball.

गेंद के आकार का।

  • A football is spherical.
◇Word family
cone noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

cone-shaped tapering pointed funnel-shaped

Antonyms

cylindrical flat

AaSpelling

con·i·cal

§Grammar and usage

Keep the shape adjectives together: conical (cone), cylindrical (cylinder), spherical (sphere), cubical (cube), circular (circle), triangular (triangle), rectangular (rectangle).

आकार के adjectives साथ याद रखिए: conical (शंकु), cylindrical (बेलन), spherical (गोला), cubical (घन), circular (वृत्त), triangular (त्रिभुज), rectangular (आयत)।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

Maths, asked often: the volume of a cone is one-third πr²h; the curved surface area πrl, where l is the slant height.

गणित में अक्सर पूछा जाता है: शंकु का आयतन एक-तिहाई πr²h; वक्र पृष्ठीय क्षेत्रफल πrl, जहाँ l तिरछी ऊँचाई है।

Geography: volcanoes often have a conical shape; Mount Fuji is a famous example.

भूगोल में ज्वालामुखी प्रायः शंक्वाकार होते हैं; Mount Fuji प्रसिद्ध उदाहरण है।