conic

[ kon-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

conic

/ ˈkɒnɪk /

Origin of conic¹

1560–70; < Greek kōnikós, equivalent to kôn ( os ) cone + -ikos -ic

Origin of conic¹

C16: from New Latin, from Greek kōnikos, from kōnos cone

It only remains to add that Archimedes is fully acquainted with the main properties of the conic sections.

Interesting as one of our sources from which Oughtred obtained his knowledge of the conic sections is his study of Mydorge.

She can prove her statement in conic sections or algebra, but when it comes to actual knowledge she is deficient.

Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician, composed at sixteen a tract on the conic sections.

Rostafinski distinguished this beautiful species by the color of the peridium and the conic columella.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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