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conic section

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conic section
n.
1. The intersection of a right circular cone and a plane, which generates one of a group of plane curves, including the circle, ellipse, hyperbola, and parabola.
2. A graph of the general quadratic equation in two variables.
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conic section
conic sections created by the intersection of various planes of a right circular cone
conic section
Noun
a figure, either a circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola, formed by the intersection of a plane and a cone
conic section
A curve formed by the intersection of a plane with a cone. Conic sections can appear as circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, or parabolas, depending on the angle of the intersecting plane relative to the cone's base.
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Noun1.conic sectionconic section - (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone
conic
geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
plane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape
ellipse, oval - a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"
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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