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CONICS
Noun
conics (uncountable)
That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
Anagrams
• Cincos, NCOICs
Source: Wiktionary
Con"ics, n.
1. That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
2. Conic sections.
CONIC
Con"ic, Con"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. conique. See Cone.]
1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.
2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. Conic section (Geom.), 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.
– Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.
– Conical pendulum. See Pendulum.
– Conical projection, 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.
– Conical surface (Geom.), 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.
Con"ic, n. (Math.)
Definition: A conic section.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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