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Webster 1913 Edition
Conic
Con′ic
,Noun.
(Math.)
A conic section.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conic
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.