English Explanatory Dictionary

conic section

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

conic section conic sections

Synonyms

conic section conic

Derived words

conic section directrix
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