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conic section

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: section

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plane figure, two-dimensional figure

Narrower terms: ellipse, oval, parabola, hyperbola

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կոնական հատույթ (konakan hatuytʻ) — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Asturian: seición cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Asturian: cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Catalan: secció cònica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Catalan: cònica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓錐曲線 /圆锥曲线 (yuánzhuī qūxiàn) — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Czech: kuželosečka — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Danish: keglesnit — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Dutch: kegelsnede — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Faroese: keylusnið — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Finnish: kartioleikkaus — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • French: conique — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Galician: sección cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Galician: cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • German: Kegelschnitt — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Hindi: शंकु परिच्छेद (śaṅku paricched) — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Icelandic: keilusnið — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Italian: sezione conica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Italian: conica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Macedonian: конусен пресек (konusen presek) — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Macedonian: коника (konika) — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjeglesnitt — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjeglesnitt — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Polish: przekrój stożkowy — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Polish: stożkowa — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Portuguese: cônica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Portuguese: seção cônica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Portuguese: cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Portuguese: secção cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Romanian: conică — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Romanian: secțiune conică — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Russian: кони́ческое сече́ние (koníčeskoje sečénije) — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Serbo-Croatian: čunjosječnica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Serbo-Croatian: konika — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Slovene: stožnica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Spanish: sección cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Spanish: cónica — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Swedish: kägelsnitt — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
  • Thai: ภาคตัดกรวย (pâak dtàt gruay) — Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane