transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]
Date: 1664
1. : a plane curve, line, pair of intersecting lines, or point that is the intersection of or bounds the intersection of a plane and a cone with two nappes
2. : a curve generated by a point which always moves so that the ratio of its distance from a fixed point to its distance from a fixed line is constant
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conic section 1: 1 straight lines, 2 circle, 3 ellipse, 4 parabola, 5 hyperbola
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