conic
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of conic
1560–70; < Greek kōnikós, equivalent to kôn ( os ) cone + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Visitors may have noticed that Odorysseus’ spadix — the conic protrusion emerging upward from the plant — was much taller than Odora’s, which had caved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
When it’s almost time for the plant to open, the spadix — a conic protrusion from inside the plant — emerges and accelerates in growth, climbing up to six inches per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Using these photographs, they determined the prevalence of bent morphs, as well as their relative size compared to conic morphs.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
In this chapter we will be looking at the conic sections, usually called the conics, and their properties.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
They never worried about whether the diagonal of a square was rational or irrational, nor did they investigate the conic sections as Archimedes had.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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