Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conic section

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: con-ic -sec-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

conic sections (plural)

Phrases

conic section directrix

Synonyms

conic section conic

Questions

What does conic section mean?: Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola.

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