Associations to the word «Conic»

Wiktionary

CONIC, adjective. Conical.
CONIC, noun. (geometry) A conic section.
CONIC SECTION, noun. (geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
CONIC SECTIONS, noun. Plural of conic section

Dictionary definition

CONIC, noun. (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone.
CONIC, adjective. Relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke