conic(n = noun.shape) conic section - (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone;
is a kind of plane figure, two-dimensional figure
has particulars: ellipse, oval, parabola, hyperbola
Derived form adjective conic1
conic(a = adj.pert) cone-shaped, conelike, conical - relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit"
Derived forms noun cone1, noun cone2, noun conic1
1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. [1913 Webster]
A conic section. [1913 Webster]
conic, adj. & n.
--adj. of a cone.
--n.
1 a conic section.
2 (in pl.) the study of conic sections.
Idiom:
conic section a figure formed by the intersection of a cone and a plane.
Etymology:
mod.L conicus f. Gk konikos (as cone)
N rotundity, roundness, cylindricity, sphericity, spheroidity, globosity, cylinder, cylindroid, cylindrical, barrel, drum, roll, roller, rouleau, column, rolling-pin, rundle, cone, conoid, pear shape, egg shape, bell shape, sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder, spheroid, ellipsoid, oblong spheroid, oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid, drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn, knot (convolution), curved surface, hypersphere, hyperdimensional surface, rotund, round, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, columnar, lumbriciform, conic, conical, spherical, spheroidal, globular, globated, globous, globose, egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped, ovoid, oviform, gibbous, rixiform, campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform, fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous, tres atque rotundus, round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.
conic morel, conic projection, conic section, conic verpa, conic waxycap