2. (Arch.) (a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. Oxf. Gloss.

(b) A narrow passage for private communication.

Con*du"pli*cate (?), a. [L. conduplicatus, p. p. of conduplicare. See Duplicate.] (Bot.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or Šstivation.

Con*du`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. conduplicatio.] A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [R.]

Con`du*ran"go (?), n. (Med.) See Cundurango.

Con*dur"rite (?), n. (Min.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.

Con"dy*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a condyle.

Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.

Con"dyle (? or ?), n. [L. condylus knuckle, joint, Gr. ko`ndylos: cf. F. condyle.] (Anat.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

Con"dy*loid (?), a. [Condyle + -oid: cf. F. condylo´de.] (Anat.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.

{ ||Con`dy*lo"ma (-lō"m&adot;), ||Con"dy*lome (-lōm) }, n.; pl. Condylomata (#) or (#), E. Condylomes (-lōmz). [NL. condyloma, fr. Gr. &?;, from ko`ndylos knuckle. See -oma.] (Med.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane.

&fist; There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin.

||Con*dyl"o*pod (?), n. [Gr. ko`ndylos knuckle (or joint) + -pod.] (Zo÷l.) An arthropod.

||Cone (?), n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. &?;; akin to Skr. šana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See Hone, n.] 1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.

2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriŠ around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.

Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone

Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault.

Milton.

3. (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the ConiferŠ, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.

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