conics

[ kon-iks ]

noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.

Origin of conics

1
see origin at conic, -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for conics

conics

/ (ˈkɒnɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of geometry concerned with the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola

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