Curve Formed When a Plane Intersects a Cone
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Australia, Group 1015, Puzzle 1 (Canberra Parliament House).
Question is: Curve Formed When a Plane Intersects a Cone
and the answer is: PARABOLA
Word Meaning:
PARABOLA — (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
Definitions from Wiktionary.