conic section
curve obtained by intersecting a cone and a plane
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conic section
Summary
conic section ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,825 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- conic section is a type of algebraic curve[2].
- conic section is a type of plane curve[3].
- conic section is a type of locus[4].
- conic section is a type of cross section[5].
- conic section is a type of quadratic curve[6].
- conic section is part of Dandelin spheres[7].
- conic section's Commons category is recorded as Conic sections[8].
- conic section comprises ellipse[9].
- conic section comprises parabola[10].
- conic section comprises hyperbola[11].
- conic section comprises circle[12].
- conic section's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Conic sections[13].
- conic section's described by source is recorded as Conic Section[14].
- conic section's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
- conic section's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
- conic section's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
- conic section's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18].
- conic section's has characteristic is recorded as eccentricity[19].
- conic section's different from is recorded as non-degenerate conic section[20].
- conic section's different from is recorded as quadratic curve[21].
- conic section's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[22].
- conic section's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
- conic section's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[24].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include algebraic curve[2], plane curve[3], locus[4], cross section[5], and quadratic curve[6].
Use and Application
Components include ellipse[9]; parabola[10]; hyperbola[11]; and circle[12], a shape[25]. conic section is part of Dandelin spheres[7].
Why It Matters
conic section ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,825 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]