oblique circular cone

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noun Geometry.

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.

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Compare right circular cone.

Origin of oblique circular cone

Probably earlier than 1950–55

Words nearby oblique circular cone

obligement, obliging, obligor, oblique, oblique angle, oblique circular cone, oblique circular cylinder, oblique coordinates, oblique fault, obliquely, oblique motion