Conic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference.
  • n. A conic section.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. conical.
  • n. A conic section.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a cone.
  • n. A conic section.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. A conic section (which see, under I.); a plane curve of the second order and second class, or the equation to such a curve.
  • n. plural See conics.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. relating to or resembling a cone
  • n. (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone
  • Equivalent
    conical   
    Hypernym
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    Variant
    conical   
    Hyponym
    ellipse    parabola    oval    hyperbola   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cone-shaped    coniform   
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