Associations to the word «Conics»

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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats