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).
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IN ENGLISH: as defined above.
APPLICATION: See list 300, 320
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