English word cone comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) κώνος, Ancient Greek (to 1453) κῶνος, and later Latin conus (Cone.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| κώνος | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| κῶνος | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| conus | Latin (lat) | Cone. |
| cone | Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm) | |
| cone | English (en) | (category theory) An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.). (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its [...] |