What does "conic section" mean?

Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.

What is a synonym for "conic section"?

Common synonyms include: conic, hyperbola, hyperbolas, parabolas.

noun

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Noun

1
Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.
2
(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone wordnet