conic section
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Conic_section_%28PSF%29.png/220px-Conic_section_%28PSF%29.png)
Noun
[edit]conic section (plural conic sections)
- (geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
Translations
[edit]Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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