ADJECTIVE | pert | conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped | relating to or resembling a cone |
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NOUN | shape | conic, conic section | (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone |
Sounds | kaa'nihk; kow'nihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | relating to or resembling a cone. | |
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Example | "conical mountains" | |
Synonyms | conical, conelike, cone-shaped | |
Spanish | cónico | |
Catalan | cònic | |
Nouns | 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 |
Meaning | (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone. | |
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Synonym | conic section | |
Category | geometry | The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces |
Narrower | ellipse, oval | A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it |
hyperbola | An open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone | |
parabola | A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve | |
Broader | plane figure, two-dimensional figure | A two-dimensional shape |
Spanish | cónica, cónico, sección cónica | |
Catalan | cònica, secció cònica, superfície cònica | |
Adjectives | conic | relating to or resembling a cone |
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