cone

(noun)

a surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line

Related Terms

  • hyperbola

Examples of cone in the following topics:

  • Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates

    • Conic sections are sections of cones and can be represented by polar coordinates.
    • In mathematics, a conic section (or just conic) is a curve obtained as the intersection of a cone (more precisely, a right circular conical surface) with a plane.
  • Conic Sections

    • In mathematics, a conic section (or just "conic") is a curve obtained from the intersection of a cone (more precisely, a right circular conical surface) with a plane.
    • Identify conic sections as curves obtained from the intersection of a cone with a plane
  • Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces

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