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CONIC SECTION

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• CONIC SECTION (noun)
The noun CONIC SECTION has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: CONIC SECTION used as a noun is very rare.

• CONIC SECTION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

conic; conic section

Hypernyms ("conic section" is a kind of...):

plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)

Domain category:

geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conic section"):

ellipse; oval (a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it)

parabola (a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve)

hyperbola (an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone)

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Useful links:
Definition of geometry
Pronunciation of oval
Definition of two-dimensional figure
Pronunciation of ellipse
Definition of hyperbola

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