conic

Speech parts

1. conic - Noun

2. conic - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Conical

A conic section.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conical cone-shaped tapering conic section funnel-shaped conelike ellipse pointed sharp circular spherical cone cylindrical globular parabola
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Antonyms

square neutral blunt concave angular acerate
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Hypernyms

plane figure two-dimensional figure

Hyponyms

oval ellipse parabola hyperbola

Phrases with the word

conic waxy cap director conic conic section directrix conic curve

Anagrams

Cinco NCOIC

Examples

We find in the history of ideas mutations which do not seem to correspond to any obvious need, and at first sight appear as mere playful whimsies such as Apollonius' work on conic sections, or the non-Euclidean geometries, whose practical value became apparent only later. Arthur Koestler

The Ellipse is the most simple of the Conic Sections, most known, and nearest of Kin to a Circle, and easiest describ'd by the Hand in plano. Isaac Newton

conical mountains Source: Internet

conelike fruit Source: Internet

A conic section is the intersection of a cone with equation and a plane. Source: Internet

According to the definition of a parabola as a conic section, the boundary of this pink cross-section, EPD, is a parabola. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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