Conics
[kon-iks] /ˈkɒn ɪks/
noun, (used with a singular verb)
1.
the branch of geometry that deals with sections.
[kon-ik] /ˈkɒn ɪk/
adjective
1.
Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a .
noun
2.
Geometry. .
/ˈkɒnɪks/
noun
1.
(functioning as sing) the branch of geometry concerned with the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola
/ˈkɒnɪk/
adjective
1.
noun
2.
another name for conic section
adj.
1560s, “pertaining to a cone,” from Latin conicus, from Greek konikos “cone-shaped,” from konos (see cone).
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