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A conic section.

rical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

Conicalness.

In the form of a cone.

State or quality of being conical.

A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico- hemispherical; conico-subulate.

Same as Conoidal.

Conic sections.

g to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids. Citraconic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, C3H4(CO2H)2, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid.

Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. Gluconic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid, and dextronic acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

A glyconic verse.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids.

Laconism. [Obs.] Addison.

ner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood.…

See Laconic, a.

In a laconic manner.