{ , a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. conique. See Cone. ] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. --
Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. --
Conical pendulum. See Pendulum. --
Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. --
Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conicalness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form of a cone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being conical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_; a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique. ] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. [ 1913 Webster ]

His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall.

Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy. -- Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Laconic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a laconic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. ob- + conic, conical. ] Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Plano- + conical. ] Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slightly conical. [ 1913 Webster ]