CONIC SECTION


Meaning of CONIC SECTION in English

Geom.

a curve formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone; an ellipse, a circle, a parabola, or a hyperbola. Also called conic .

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .