conic section

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conic section

noun conic sections

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

    Similar: conic section, conic

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noun Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane

Españolsección cónica, cónica
中文圓錐曲線 /圆锥曲线 yuánzhuī qūxiàn
हिन्दीशंकु परिच्छेद śaṅku paricched
Portuguêscônica, seção cônica, cónica, secção cónica
Françaisconique
DeutschKegelschnitt
Italianosezione conica, conica
Românăconică, secțiune conică
Русскийкони́ческое сече́ние koníčeskoje sečénije

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@misc{conic_section_2026,
  title = {conic section},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conic%20section},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}