adjective. Conical.

noun. A conic section.

Having the form of a cone; circular at the base and tapering to a point; conical.

Specifically, in mathematics, of or pertaining to a cone: as, conic sections.

noun. A conic section (which see, under I.); a plane curve of the second order and second class, or the equation to such a curve.

noun. plural See conics.

noun. A conic section.

adjective. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference.

adjective. Of or pertaining to a cone.

adjective. a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included.

adjective. that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.

adjective. See Pendulum.

adjective. a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe.

adjective. a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.

adjective. conical.

noun. A conic section.

adjective. relating to or resembling a cone

noun. (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone

"The curve which represents with perfect fidelity the movements of a planet in its revolution around the sun belongs to that well-known group of curves which mathematicians describe as the conic sections."

axis of a conic  conic section  conjugate conics  conjugate diameters of a conic  focal conic  

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plane figure  two-dimensional figure  

ellipse  hyperbola  oval  parabola  

Ionic  Masonic  Miltonic  Napoleonic  Panasonic  

cesarean  close-range  coonskin  cryostat  fireshield  

cone-shaped  coniform  

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