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conic section
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Conic sections
Noun
conic section (plural conic sections)
- (geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
Synonyms
- conic
- See also Wikisaurus:conic section
Translations
Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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