Geometry vs Conics - What's the difference?
geometry | conics |
(mathematics, uncountable) the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships
(mathematics, countable) a type of geometry with particular properties
(countable) the spatial attributes of an object, etc.
That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
As nouns the difference between geometry and conics
is that geometry is (mathematics|uncountable) the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships while conics is that branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.geometry
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(wikipedia geometry)Noun
- spherical geometry
Holonyms
* mathematicsDerived terms
* absolute geometry * affine geometry * algebraic geometry * analytic geometry * chronogeometry * combinatorial geometry * descriptive geometry * differential geometry * elementary geometry * elliptic geometry * Euclidean geometry * finite geometry * fractal geometry * geometry of numbers * hyperbolic geometry * hypergeometry * non-Euclidean geometry * projective geometry * Riemannian geometry * spherical geometry * taxicab geometry * tropical geometryExternal links
* * *Wikibooks electronic book on geometry*
Mathworld article on geometry
