Conic — Con ic, Conical Con ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Conic section — Conic Con ic, Conical Con ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Conic sections — Conic Con ic, Conical Con ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conic projection — n. a type of map projection made by projecting and reproducing an image of the earth s surface on the surface of a cone and unrolling this to a plane surface on which the parallels of latitude are then concentric circles and the meridians equally … English World dictionary
Conic section — Types of conic sections: 1. Parabola 2. Circle and ellipse 3. Hyperbola … Wikipedia
Conic bundle — In algebraic geometry, a conic bundle is an algebraic variety that appears as a solution of a Cartesian equation of the form Theoretically, it can be considered as a Severi–Brauer surface, or more precisely as a Châtelet surface. This can be a… … Wikipedia
Conic constant — An illustration of various conic constants In geometry, the conic constant (or Schwarzschild constant[1], after Karl Schwarzschild) is a quantity describing … Wikipedia
conic projection — noun a map projection of the globe onto a cone with its point over one of the earth s poles • Syn: ↑conical projection • Hypernyms: ↑map projection • Hyponyms: ↑polyconic projection * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
conic section — noun (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone • Syn: ↑conic • Derivationally related forms: ↑conic (for: ↑conic) • Topics: ↑geo … Useful english dictionary
conic projection — Cartog. a map projection based on the concept of projecting the earth s surface on a conical surface, which is then unrolled to a plane surface. * * * … Universalium
conic projection — con′ic projec′tion n. geo a map projection based on the concept of projecting the earth s surface on a conical surface, which is then unrolled to a plane surface • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang