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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope