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conical surface

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conical surface: see cone cone or conical surface, in mathematics, surface generated by a moving line (the generator) that passes through a given fixed point (the vertex) and continually intersects a given fixed curve (the directrix).
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conical surface [′kän·ə·kəl ′sər·fəs]
(mathematics)
A surface formed by the lines which pass through each of the points of a closed plane curve and a fixed point which is not in the plane of the curve.


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