conic
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈkoʊnɪk/
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cónico
- In the math class, we studied conic sections, learning about how a cone intersects with a plane.
- conic section
- conic sector
Examples
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And then with that, I'm going to use the midnight blue conic cream because I think it just goes pretty well together.
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So this humble conic is the key indicator and we want to watch now this transition.
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You know, you remember the Greeks, they had these conic sections, they had...
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That night, as he knelt with Milla in their bedroom, his mind strayed toward circles and ellipses, the austere perfection of conic sections.
Fiction book (2002) -
The artist shaped the clay into a stunning conic vase that captured everyone's attention.
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The architect designed a conic roof for the new building, giving it a modern and elegant appearance.
Synonyms
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4.8
A thing shaped like a party hat with a round base and a point
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Shaped like a cone
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Shaped like an ice cream cone, wide at one end and narrow at the other
Shaped like a cone, wide at one end and narrow at the other
Compounds
- Specialized
A mushroom that has a cone-shaped cap with pits attached to the stem, grey when young and black when old
- Specialized
A map that shows the Earth's surface on a cone placed over the globe
- Specialized
A curve made when a flat surface cuts a cone, like an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola
- Specialized
A type of morel mushroom with a smooth cone-shaped cap and a fragile stalk
How Conical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conic comes from the same old Greek word kōnos 'cone'. It means 'cone-shaped', so you can use conic for anything that looks like a cone, like an ice-cream cone or a traffic cone.