Definition of Conic

1. Noun. (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone.

Exact synonyms: Conic Section
Category relationships: Geometry
Generic synonyms: Plane Figure, Two-dimensional Figure
Specialized synonyms: Ellipse, Oval, Parabola, Hyperbola

2. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a cone. "Conelike fruit"
Exact synonyms: Cone-shaped, Conelike, Conical
Partainyms: Cone, Cone, Cone, Cone
Derivative terms: Cone, Cone, Cone, Cone, Cone

Definition of Conic

1. a. 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.

2. n. A conic section.

Definition of Conic

1. Adjective. conical. ¹

2. Noun. (geometry) A conic section. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conic

1. a geometric curve [n -S]

Medical Definition of Conic

1. Conical Resembling a cone. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conic

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congruously
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congruousnesses
conguero
congueros
conhydrine
coni
coni epididymidis
coni vasculosi
conia
conias
conibear
conibears
conic (current term)
conic Verpa
conic morel
conic papillae
conic projection
conic section
conic sections
conic waxycap
conical
conical buoy
conical catheter
conical cornea
conical flask
conical flasks
conical papillae

Literary usage of Conic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"If P is any fixed point of a conic and RQ a variable point pair such that £RPQ is a right angle, the lines RQ meet in a fixed point on the normal at P. 5. ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This gives the theorem reciprocal to the last, viz:— A conic determines in every репей ... If the point is without the conic the involution is hyperbolic, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"We may also have two rows on the acme conic, and these will be in involution one point on the conic has the earns point corresponding he same to whatever ..."

4. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley by Arthur Cayley (1897)
"TAKE (X, Y, Z) the coordinates of a point on the conic yz + zx + xy — 0, so that XY = 0-, clearly (Y, Z, X) and (Z, X, Y) are the coordinates of two other ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The polare, with regard to a conic, of pointe in a row p form a pencil P protective to the ... If the line touchée the conic the involution t* parabolic, ..."

6. Analytic Geometry by Norman Colman Riggs (1910)
"A conic is the locus of a point which moves in a plane so that the ratio of its distance from a fixed point in the plane to its distance from a fixed ..."

7. Transactions by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1885)
"Each conic meets each axis in two points; and at each of these points the axis and the tangent to the conic form with the lines to I, Ja, harmonic pencil. ..."

8. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1908)
"tively of that triangle in the figure. It can be shown that the four imaginary points in which that conic cuts the conic through ..."

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