IN MATH: 1. n. a curve of the form where (h,k) is the vertex or of the form where a, b, and c are real numbers; a conic section (the curve produced when an infinitely large cone is sliced by a plane perpendicular to what would be its base).

IN ENGLISH: as defined above.

APPLICATION: See list 300, 320


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