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conic adjective & noun. L16.
[mod. Latin conicus from Greek konikos, from konos: see CONE noun, -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to a cone. L16.
conic section any of a group of curves (circle, ellipse, parabola, hyperbola) formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane.
2. = CONICAL adjective 1. E17.
B. noun.
1. In pl. (treated as sing.). The branch of mathematics that deals with the cone and the figures that may be generated from it. Now rare. L16.
2. A conic section. L19.
conicity noun conicalness L19.
conicoid noun any of the bodies or surfaces that can be generated by the rotation of conic sections M19.