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A cone is a basic geometrical shape.
Cone may also refer to:
Mathematics
- Cone (category theory)
- Cone (formal languages)
- Cone (graph theory), a graph in which one vertex is adjacent to all others
- Cone (linear algebra), a subset of vector space
- Mapping cone (homological algebra)
- Cone (topology)
- Conic bundle, a concept in algebraic geometry
- Conical surface, generated by a moving line with one fixed point
- Projective cone, the union of all lines that intersect a projective subspace and an arbitrary subset of some other disjoint subspace
Engineering and physical science
- Antenna blind cone, the volume of space that cannot be scanned by an antenna
- Cone algorithm identifies surface particles quickly and accurately for three-dimensional clusters composed of discrete particles
- Cone beam reconstruction, a method of X-ray scanning in microtomography
- Cone calorimeter, a modern device used to study the fire behavior of small samples of various materials in condensed phase
- Cone clutch serves the same purpose as a disk or plate clutch
- Cone of depression occurs in an aquifer when groundwater is pumped from a well
- Cone penetration test (CPT), an in situ testing method used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of soils
- Cone Penetrometer apparatus, an alternative method to the Casagrande Device in measuring the Liquid Limit of a soil sample
- Conical intersection of two potential energy surfaces of the same spatial and spin symmetries
- Conical measure, a type of graduated laboratory glassware with a conical cup and a notch on the top to facilitate pouring of liquids
- Conical mill (or conical screen mill), a machine used to reduce the size of material in a uniform manner
- Conical pendulum, a weight (or bob) fixed on the end of a string (or rod) suspended from a pivot
- Conical scanning, a system used in early radar units to improve their accuracy
- Helical cone beam computed tomography, a type of three-dimensional computed tomography
- Hertzian cone, the cone of force that propagates through a brittle, amorphous or cryptocrystalline solid material from a point of impact
- Nose cone, used to refer to the forwardmost section of a rocket, guided missile or aircraft
- Pyrometric cone, pyrometric devices that are used to gauge heatwork during the firing of ceramic materials
- Roller cone bit, a drill bit used for drilling through rock, for example when drilling for oil and gas
- Skid cone, a hollow steel or plastic cone placed over the sawn end of a log
- Speaker cone, the cone inside a loudspeaker that moves to generate sound
- Spinning cone columns are used in a form of steam distillation to gently extract volatile chemicals from liquid foodstuffs
People
- Bonnie Ethel Cone (1907–2003), American educator and founder of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Carin Cone (born 1940), American swimmer, Olympic medalist, world record holder, and gold medal winner from the Pan American Games
- Chadrick Cone (born 1983), American football wide receiver for the Georgia Force in the Arena Football League
- Cindy Parlow Cone (born 1978), American soccer player and coach
- Cone sisters, Claribel Cone (1864–1929), and Etta Cone (1870–1949), collectors and socialites
- David Cone (born 1963), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Edward T. Cone (1917–2004), American music theorist and composer
- Fairfax M. Cone (1903–1977), director of the American Association of Advertising Agencies
- Fred Cone (baseball) (1848–1909), pioneer professional baseball player
- Fred Cone (American football) (born 1926), former professional American football running back
- Fred P. Cone (1871–1948), twenty-seventh governor of Florida (Frederick Preston)
- Jason McCaslin (born 1980), nicknamed Cone, bassist for the Canadian band Sum 41
- James Hal Cone (born 1938), advocate of Black liberation theology
- John Cone (born 1974), American professional wrestling referee
- John J. Cone, the fourth Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from 1898 to 1899
- Mac Cone (born 1952), Canadian show jumper
- Martin Cone (1882–1963), 6th president of St. Ambrose College from 1930–1937
- Marvin Cone (1891–1965), American painter
- Moses H. Cone (1857–1908), American textile entrepreneur, conservationist, and philanthropist
- Reuben Cone (1788–1851), pioneer and landowner in Atlanta, Georgia
- Robert W. Cone (1957-2016), major general in the United States Army, and Special Assistant to the Commanding General of TRADOC
- Sara Cone Bryant (1873–?), author of various children's book in the early 20th century
- Spencer Cone Jones (1836–1915), President of the Maryland State Senate, Mayor of Rockville, Maryland
- Spencer Houghton Cone (1785–1855), American Baptist minister and president of the American and Foreign Bible Society
- Tim Cone (born 1957), American head coach of the Alaska Aces in the Philippine Basketball Association
Business
- Cone Mills Corporation, a textile manufacturer
Computing
- Cone (software), a text-based e-mail and news client for Unix-like operating systems
- Cone tracing, a derivative of the ray-tracing algorithm that replaces rays, which have no thickness, with cones
- Second-order cone programming, a library of routines that implements a predictor corrector variant of the semidefinite programming algorithm
Biology and medicine
- Cone cell, in anatomy, a type of light-sensitive cell found along with rods in the retina of the eye
- Cone dystrophy, an inherited ocular disorder characterized by the loss of cone cells
- Cone snail, a carnivorous mollusc of the family Conidae
- Cone-billed tanager (Conothraupis mesoleuca), a species of bird in the family Thraupidae
- Conifer cone, a seed-bearing organ on conifer plants
- Growth cone, a dynamic, actin-supported extension of a developing axon seeking its synaptic target
- Witch-hazel cone gall aphid (Hormaphis hamamelidis), a minuscule insect, a member of the aphid superfamily
- Coning, a brain herniation in which the cerebellar tonsils move downwards through the foramen magnum
Astronomy
- Cone Nebula (also known as NGC 2264), an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros
- Ionization cone, cones of material extending out from spiral galaxies
Geography
- Cinder cone, a steep conical hill of volcanic fragments around and downwind from a volcanic vent
- Cone (hill), a hill in the shape of a cone which may or may not be volcanic in origin
- Dirt cone, a feature of a glacier or snow patch, in which dirt forms a coating insulating the ice below
- Parasitic cone (or satellite cone), a geographical feature found around a volcano
- Shatter cone, rare geological feature in the bedrock beneath meteorite impact craters or underground nuclear explosions
- Volcanic cone, among the simplest volcanic formations in the world
Mapping
- Lambert conformal conic projection (LCC), a conic map projection, which is often used for aeronautical charts
Places
- Cone, Texas, an unincorporated community in Crosby County, Texas, United States
- Cone Islet, a small granite island in south-eastern Australia
- Conical Range, a small mountain range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, between Seymour Inlet and Belize Inlet
Chemistry
- Carbon nanocones, conical structures which are made predominantly from carbon and which have at least one dimension of the order one micrometer or smaller
Other
- Conical Asian hat, a simple style of straw hat originating in East and Southeast Asia
- Ice cream cone, an edible container in which ice cream is served, shaped like an inverted cone open at its top
- Snow cone, a dessert usually made of crushed or shaved ice, flavored with sweet, usually fruit-flavored, brightly colored syrup
- Traffic cone, a brightly colored cone-shaped plastic object commonly used as a temporary traffic barrier or warning sign
- USS Cone (DD-866), a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy
- Elizabethan collar or e-collar, a device to keep an animal from licking or biting itself
See also
- Kegel (disambiguation) (German/Dutch translation of cone)
- All pages with titles containing cone
- All pages beginning with "cone"
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