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Hyperbola vs Conics - What's the difference?

hyperbola | conics |

As nouns the difference between hyperbola and conics

is that hyperbola is (geometry) a conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone while conics is that branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

hyperbola

English

Noun

(wikipedia hyperbola)
  • (geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone.
  • Usage notes

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    Derived terms

    * hyperbolic

    See also

    * circle * conic section * ellipse * parabola ----

    conics

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.