conic section

English

Conic sections

Noun

conic section (plural conic sections)

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

Synonyms

conic
See also Thesaurus:conic section

Translations

Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane

Armenian: կոնական հատույթ (konakan hatuytʿ)
Catalan: secció cònica f, cònica f
Czech: kuželosečka (cs) f
Dutch: kegelsnede (nl) m, f
Finnish: kartioleikkaus (fi)
Galician: sección cónica f
German: Kegelschnitt (de) m

Polish: przekrój stożkowy m, stożkowa f
Portuguese: cônica (pt) f, seção cônica
Romanian: conică (ro) f, secțiune conică f
Russian: кони́ческое сече́ние n (koníčeskoje sečénije)
Spanish: sección cónica (es) f, cónica (es) f
Swedish: kägelsnitt (sv) n
Thai: ภาคตัดกรวย (pâak dtàt gruay)

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