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Webster 1913 Edition
Conical
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
vessel2.
Of or pertaining to a cone;
as,
. conic
sectionsConic 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conical
CONIC
, CONICAL,Adj.
1.
Having the form of a cone; round and decreasing to a point; as a conic figure; a conical vessel2.
Pertaining to a cone; as conic sections.Conic Section, a curve line formed by the intersection of a cone and plane. The conic sections are the parabola, hyperbola, and ellipsis.