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Conic

Alt. of Conical

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Ellipse 76% connected

An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through…

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Hyperbola 76% connected

A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It is a plane curv…

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Oval 76% connected

Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.

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Parabola 76% connected

A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a cur…

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Cone 66% connected

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right…

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Conical 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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