Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrine of conic sections. See
conic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
- noun Conic sections.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That branch of
geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
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Examples
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His innovative methodology and terminology, especially in the field of conics, influenced many later scholars including Ptolemy, Francesco Maurolico, Isaac Newton, and René Descartes.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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His innovative methodology and terminology, especially in the field of conics, influenced many later scholars including Ptolemy, Francesco Maurolico, Isaac Newton, and René Descartes.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The class followed my every step for drawing cones intersected by planes to produce each of the four conics sections.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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The class followed my every step for drawing cones intersected by planes to produce each of the four conics sections.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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The creative sketches the class made on their homework papers, and too often on their desks, had inspired me to design the conics lesson around art.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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The creative sketches the class made on their homework papers, and too often on their desks, had inspired me to design the conics lesson around art.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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The creative sketches the class made on their homework papers, and too often on their desks, had inspired me to design the conics lesson around art.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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The creative sketches the class made on their homework papers, and too often on their desks, had inspired me to design the conics lesson around art.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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The class followed my every step for drawing cones intersected by planes to produce each of the four conics sections.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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The class followed my every step for drawing cones intersected by planes to produce each of the four conics sections.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009
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