Conic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Conic	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conic adj relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit" Synonym(s): conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped n (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone Synonym(s): conic section, conic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conic \Con"ic\, Conical \Con"ical\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. 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 figure; a conical vessel. 2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. {Conic section} (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. {Conic sections}, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. {Conical pendulum}. See {Pendulum}. {Conical projection}, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. {Conical surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conic \Con"ic\, n. (Math.) A conic section.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CONIC ["Dynamic Configuration for Distributed Systems", J. Kramer et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(4):424-436 (Apr 1985)].