coning

  • 1Coning — Die Schichtungsstabilität der Erdatmosphäre und dabei insbesondere der unteren Troposphäre beschreibt deren thermodynamische Stabilität bzw. Labilität bezüglich des vertikalen Temperaturgradienten anhand verschiedener Gleichgewichtszustände. Es… …

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  • 2Coning — This most interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo French origin, and was either a nickname given to someone who resembled a rabbit in some way, or a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rabbits, from the Anglo French coning , Middle… …

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  • 3coning —    When a mass of clay is worked on a potter s wheel, it is coned by repeatedly drawing it up into a conical shape and then flattening it down to center it on the wheel and shape the mass. In addition, the first part of this process is known as… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 4Coning and quartering — is a method used by analytical chemists to reduce the sample size of a powder without creating a systematic bias. The technique involves pouring the sample so that it takes on a conical shape, and then flattening it out into a cake. The cake is… …

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  • 5coning — n. prolapse of the brainstem through the foramen magnum as a result of raised intracranial pressure: it is usually immediately fatal. A similar emergency can occur through the hiatus of the tentorium …

    Medical dictionary

  • 6Coning — smoking of marijuana …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 7coning — Australian Slang smoking of marijuana …

    English dialects glossary

  • 8coning — kəʊn n. object with a flat circular bottom whose sides taper into a point at the top; seed bearing part of an evergreen tree; ice cream cone v. shape like a cone …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9coning — The upward flexing of the rotor blades resulting from centrifugal force and lift …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 10coning —   Act of producing a cone; of a plant that is producing a cone.   See also phenology.   Cf. flushing …

    Expanded glossary of Cycad terms