Conic

  

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Conic

Definition: Conic

Conic

Adjective

1. Relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit".

Noun

1. (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "conic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Etymology: Conic \Con"ic\, Conical \Con"ic*al\, adjective. [Greek compare to French conique. See Cone.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: Conic

DomainDefinition

Computing

CONIC ["Dynamic Configuration for Distributed Systems", J. Kramer et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(4):424-436 (Apr 1985)]. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Aerospace

1. A curve formed by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone. Originally called conic section. The conic sections are the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola, curves that are used to describe the path or bodies moving in space. The circle is a special case of the ellipse, an ellipse with an eccentricity of zero. The conic is the locus of all points the ratio of whose distances from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed line, called the directrix, is constant. 2. In reference to satellite orbital parameters, without consideration of the perturbing effects of the actual shape or distribution of mass of the primary.Thus, conic perigee is the perigee the satellite would have if all the mass of the primary were concentrated at its center. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Conic

Synonyms: conelike (adj), cone-shaped (adj), conical (adj), conic section (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Conic

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Rotundity

Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Conic

English words defined with "conic": Abies amabilis, Abies lasiocarpa, Alpine fir, amabilis fir, American larch, ancient pine, Applicate ordinateblack larchChristmas tree, Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce, Conic section, Conic sections, conic waxycap, ConicsDirectrixeastern red cedar, eccentricity, Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, European larchFalcatifolium taxoides, focus, Fritillaria liliaceaeGastrocybe lateritiaHygrocybe acutoconicaIndicatrixJuniperus virginianaLarix decidua, Larix laricina, Larix russica, Larix siberica, Latus rectumMorchella crassipesPacific silver fir, Picea engelmannii, Picea pungens, Pinus longaeva, Polyconic projectionred cedar, red juniper, red silver firSelf-conjugate triangle, Siberian larch, silver spruce, Solid locus, Solid problem, subalpine firtamarack, thick-footed morelVertical line, Vertical planewhite fir, white fritillaryyellow-leaf sickle pine. (references)
Specialty definitions using "conic": Hardinge millLambert's conformal conic projectionNipples. (references)
Etymologies containing "conic": Polyconic. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Conic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (cone-shaped, conic, conical, coniform, tapering).

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Commercial Usage: Conic

DomainTitle

Books

  • A History of the Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces. (reference)

  • Circle and the Conic Curves (reference)

  • Conic mirrors (reference)

  • David Rabinowitch : the major sequenced conic sculptures (reference)

  • Practical Conic Sections (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Conic

Illustrations:
Conic

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Usage Frequency: Conic

"Conic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Conic" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%10111,207

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Conic

Expressions using "conic": conic morel conic projection conic section Conic sections conic Verpa conic waxycap lambert conformal conic projection Lambert's conformal conic projection. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Conic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

conic section

96

conic

11

conic harry jr

5

application conic section

5

circle conic section

4

circle conic

4

conic equation section

3

conic equation

2

conic ellipsis section

2

conic section use

2

conic parabola section

2

conic example section

2

conic graphing section

2

application conic life real section

2

application conic

2
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Modern Translation: Conic

Language Translations for "conic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

prerje konike, konik (conical, coniform, tapering). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مخروطي الشكل (conical), ‏مخروطي (conical), ‏المخروطي (conical). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

конусообразен (conical, coniform, conoid), коничен (conical). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

圆"形 (Conical, Conically). (various references)

   

Czech

  

kuželovitý (conical, taper). (various references)

   

Danish

  

konisk projektion (conic projection). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kegelsnede (conic section). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kartioprojektio (conic projection). (various references)

   

French

  

conique (conical). (various references)

   

German

  

kegelförmig (cone-shaped, conical, tapering). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κωνικόσ (conical). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חרוטי (conical). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kúp alakú (conical, coniform, tapered). (various references)

   

Italian

  

conico (conical), conica (conic section), sezione conica (conic section). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

円錐曲線 (conic curve, conics). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

え"すいきょくせ" (conic curve, conics). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

원" (Conical). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cughlinagh (conical, coniform, pineal), kione virragh (conical). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

kjegleformet. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oniccay

   

Portuguese

  

coniforme (conical, coniform), cônico (conical, tapering), seção cônica (segment). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

conic (cone-shaped, conical, coniform, tapering), de con. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

конический (conical, coniform). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

tòrr (a hill of conic form, abrupt or conical hill or mountain, bury). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

konusni. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cónico (conical, coniform), en forma cónica (conical). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

konisk (conical, tapered), konformad (coniform), kägelformad (conical). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

konik (bevel, coned, conical, coniform, conoid, tapered, tapering), koni ile ilgili (conical), koni şeklinde (conical, coniform). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

конічний (coniform). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Conic

Derivations

Words beginning with "conic": conical, conically, conicities, conicity, conics. (additional references)

Words ending with "conic": draconic, glyconic, iconic, laconic, obconic, zirconic. (additional references)

Words containing "conic": glyconics, iconical, iconically, iconicities, iconicity, laconically. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Conic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Canac, canic, carnic, catnic, Cencio, ceni, Cenis, Ceonocc, choinnich, Chojnice, cini, cinia, cinic, ci'niib, clonic, cnac, cnib, cnim, Cnooc, cogni, cognic, cognik, Coic, coind, coini, Conaf, Conair, conc, concf, conci, concil, confi, congic, coni, conid, conie, conif, conin, conip, conir, conit, conjic, Conlig, Conlisk, connec, connek, conni, connis, Connock, connu, Conoca, consc, consi, consice, conti, convic, cooni, coric, cosic, crnic, cronic, cuni, cunic, Cunico, cunit, Cuzick, eonic, fonic, Gopnik, kaunic, kontic, Kornik, kovic, Ncoic, onic, Onich, Scolnick, yonic, zonic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Conic"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "conic" (pronounced kÄ"nik)
5k Ä" n i klaconic.
4-Ä" n i kallophonic, avionic, bubonic, catatonic, chronic, demonic, diatonic, electronic, embryonic, ganglionic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, leptonic, masonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monophonic, nucleonic, ovonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, sardonic, sonic, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, tectonic, telephonic, tonic, ultrasonic.
3-n i karsenic, beatnik, botanic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, clinic, cynic, Dominick, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, germanic, hallucinogenic, inorganic, kibbutznik, manic, mechanic, messianic, monoclinic, multiethnic, neotenic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, panic, pathogenic, photogenic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, satanic, scenic, schizophrenic, splenic, Sputnik, technic, telegenic, Titanic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, volcanic.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Conic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-i-n-o"

-1 letter: cion, coin, coni, icon.

-2 letters: con, ion.

-3 letters: in, no, on.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-i-n-o"
 

+1 letter: clonic, cocain, cochin, conics, iconic.

 

+2 letters: acronic, canonic, chicano, chronic, cocaine, cocains, cochins, cocking, colicin, colonic, conceit, conchie, concise, conical, convict, cornice, council, crocein, crocine, cryonic, gnocchi, laconic, obconic, oceanic, uncomic.

 

+3 letters: acetonic, aconitic, anechoic, cancroid, carbonic, cationic, cavicorn, chicanos, chocking, chronics, chthonic, cicerone, ciceroni, cinchona, clocking, coaching, coacting, coaction, cocaines, cocinera, cockling, coercing, coercion, coincide, colicine, colicins, colonics, conceits, conceive, concerti, conchies, conchoid, conciser, conflict, conicity, convicts, convince, coprince, corncrib, corniced, cornices, corniche, cornicle, couching, councils, cratonic, croceine, croceins, crocking, cryonics, cyanotic, cyclonic, draconic, economic, enchoric, floccing, glyconic, iconical, lactonic, moccasin, narcotic, necrotic, occasion, occident, princock, pycnotic, scincoid, sconcing, syncopic, tectonic, volcanic, zecchino, zirconic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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