Conic Section A conic section may more formally be defined as the locus of a point P fixed line d called the conic section directrix (with F not on d ) A conic section with conic section directrix at x=0 , focus at (p,0) , The polar equation of a conic section with focal parameter p is given The pedal curve of a conic section with pedal point at a focus is section is a quadratic curve, which has general form of a conic section from five points lying on it is called the The general equation of a conic section in trilinear coordinates is coordinates alpha:beta:gamma , the conic section they determine is cuts the plane, only five can contain a conic section which is tangent Cone, Cylindric Section, Eccentricity, Ellipse, Ellipsoidal Section, Section, Spheroidal Section, Steiner's Theorem, Three Conics Theorem, Toric Section Weisstein, Eric W. "Conic Section." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Conic Section in the Tangent Lines to a Conic Section Tangent Lines to a Conic Section Tangent Lines to a Conic Section Conic Section Conic Section Conic Section