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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
(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plane figure, two-dimensional figure
Narrower terms: ellipse, oval, parabola, hyperbola
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կոնական հատույթ
(konakan hatuytʻ)
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Asturian:
seición cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Asturian:
cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Catalan:
secció cònica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Catalan:
cònica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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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
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Czech:
kuželosečka
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Danish:
keglesnit
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Dutch:
kegelsnede
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Faroese:
keylusnið
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Finnish:
kartioleikkaus
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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French:
conique
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Galician:
sección cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Galician:
cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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German:
Kegelschnitt
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Hindi:
शंकु परिच्छेद
(śaṅku paricched)
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Icelandic:
keilusnið
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Italian:
sezione conica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Italian:
conica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Macedonian:
конусен пресек
(konusen presek)
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Macedonian:
коника
(konika)
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kjeglesnitt
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kjeglesnitt
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Polish:
przekrój stożkowy
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Polish:
stożkowa
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Portuguese:
cônica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Portuguese:
seção cônica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Portuguese:
cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Portuguese:
secção cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Romanian:
conică
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Romanian:
secțiune conică
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Russian:
кони́ческое сече́ние
(koníčeskoje sečénije)
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Serbo-Croatian:
čunjosječnica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Serbo-Croatian:
konika
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Slovene:
stožnica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Spanish:
sección cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Spanish:
cónica
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Swedish:
kägelsnitt
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane
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Thai:
ภาคตัดกรวย
(pâak dtàt gruay)
— Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane