Sentences with 'conical'

Example sentences and phrases with the word conical and other words derived from it.

« One shell from the Philippines that I now know as Tectarius coronatus was perfectly conical, and its entire surface was dotted with sharp, shiny "beads" arranged in tight spirals. The cauris shattered my concept of what is possible in the realm of nature. »
« In a rainbow, as the light has been dispersed in a conical form, the observable reflection is a semicircle, but if the earth's surface did not exist, we would see the rainbow as it is, a complete circumference. »
« The diameter of the entrance of these ancient indigenous bone pipes is around 16 millimetres, a logical size for a human mouth. In contrast, the mouth of two of the lithics is twice as large. This suggests that a conical mouthpiece was added to them. »
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