(1) To cause to become the same or similar. (2) To behave in a conventional way. (3) To match a contour.
Conformable strata
Similarly contoured layers of strata in the earth.
Conforming loan
A loan that meets the qualifications necessary to be purchased by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae. The conforming loan limit, as of March 2000, is $252,700.
Conglomerate
Also referred to as pudding stone, rock formed of cemented gravel.
Congruent
Figures of the same size and shape when, if placed one upon the other, coincide exactly, in all their parts.
Conic projection
A map projection, which is formed by projecting the earth's surface of a cone and unrolling this to a flat surface on which the parallels of latitude are then concentric circles and the meridians equally, spaced radii.
Conic section
A curve, as an ellipse, circle parabola or hyperbola, produced by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone.
Conical
Resembling a cone. Tapered to a point.
Conifer
A cone bearing evergreen tree or shrub with needle-type leaves such as a pine, spruce, cedar, fir, yew, etc.
Connect
To join or fasten together. To link or couple. To plug into an electrical circuit.
