CONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conic mean? 

• CONIC (noun)
  The noun CONIC has 1 sense:

1. (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone

  Familiarity information: CONIC used as a noun is very rare.

• CONIC (adjective)
  The adjective CONIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or resembling a cone

  Familiarity information: CONIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

conic; conic section

Hypernyms ("conic" is a kind of...):

plane figure; two-dimensional figure (a two-dimensional shape)

Domain category:

geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conic"):

ellipse; oval (a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it)

parabola (a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve)

hyperbola (an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone)

Derivation:

conic (relating to or resembling a cone)

• CONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling a cone

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cone-shaped; conelike; conic; conical

Context example:

conelike fruit

Pertainym:

cone (a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point)

Derivation:

cone (any cone-shaped artifact)

cone (a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point)

conic ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)