CONIC, CONICAL adjective [Latin , Gr., See Cone.] 1. Having the form of a cone; round and decreasing to a point; as a conic figure; a CONICAL vessel 2. Pertaining to a cone; as conic sections. Conic Section, a curve line formed by the intersection of a cone and plane. The conic sections are the parabola, hyperbola, and ellipsis.
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