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  1. a curve, either an ellipse, circle, parabola, or hyperbola, produced by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone
  2. [pl., with sing. v.] the branch of geometry dealing with ellipses, circles, parabolas, and hyperbolas
    also con′ics
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conic section

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  1. The intersection of a right circular cone and a plane, which generates one of a group of plane curves, including the circle, ellipse, hyperbola, and parabola.
  2. A graph of the general quadratic equation in two variables.
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A curve formed by the intersection of a plane with a cone. Conic sections can appear as circles, ellipses, hyperbolas, or parabolas, depending on the angle of the intersecting plane relative to the cone's base.
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Noun

(plural conic sections)

  1. (geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
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