Definition:Conical Surface
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Definition
A conical surface is a surface which is generated by all the straight lines passing through a given point $A$, called the apex, and a curve which does not pass through $A$, called the directrix.
Also known as
A conical surface is also referred to loosely as a cone.
Also see
- Results about cones can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): conical surface
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): conical surface