“cone of”

The following 2 entries include the term cone of.

cone of origin

: a clear area of cytoplasm where the axon of a neuron leaves the cell body

cone of silence

: a cone-shaped region directly above a radio signal beacon in which signals from the beacon are not received by aircraft


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