Conic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conic \Con"ic\, n. (Math.)
     A conic section.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
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     2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections.
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     {Conic section} (Geom.), a curved line formed by the
        intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane.
        The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and
        hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result
        from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though
        not generally included.
  
     {Conic sections}, that branch of geometry which treats of the
        parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola.
  
     {Conical pendulum}. See {Pendulum}.
  
     {Conical projection}, a method of delineating the surface of
        a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the
        surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in
        Europe.
  
     {Conical surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a right
        line moving along any curve and always passing through a
        fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conic
       adj : relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains";
             "conelike fruit" [syn: {conical}, {conelike}, {cone-shaped}]
       n : (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane
           and a circular cone [syn: {conic section}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  CONIC
       
          ["Dynamic Configuration for Distributed Systems", J. Kramer et
          al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(4):424-436 (Apr 1985)].