Conic Section Definition

Conic Section Sentence Examples

• It is therefore a conic section having its eccentricity equal to unity.

• If the attraction of a central body is not the only force acting on the moving body, the orbit will deviate from the form of a conic section in a degree depending on the amount of the extraneous force; and the curve described may not be a re-entering curve at all, but one winding around so as to form an indefinite succession of spires.

• If the roof be not horizontal, we may obtain in this way any form of conic section.

• The relation of the ellipse to the other conic sections is treated in the articles Conic Section and Geometry; in this article a summary of the properties of the curve will be given.

• In projective geometry it is convenient to define a conic section as the projection of a circle.