- Conic section - Plane curve - A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting
plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone
makes. It is a plane curve such that the difference of the distances
from any point of it to two fixed points, called foci, is equal to a
given distance. See Focus. If the cutting plane be produced so as to
cut the opposite cone, another curve will be formed, which is also an
hyperbola. Both curves are regarded as branches of the same hyperbola.
See Illust. of Conic section, and Focus.
- An oval - Flattened circle - Oval - Plane curve - An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve,
which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique
section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of
the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor
axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus. - Omission. See Ellipsis. - The elliptical orbit of a planet.
- A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when
the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same
plane. - Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei. - One of the Cycloidei.
- Apparently rule let gamblers use this spinning wheel - Casino game - Deadly game, Russian ... - Gambling game - Gambling game using a revolving wheel - Lucky wheel let into route - A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move
round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black
spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of
wagers permitted by the game.