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Slice a cone any way you like; geometry already named the wound.

means Relating to a cone, or any curve made by slicing one: circles, ellipses, parabolas, hyperbolas.

from From Greek konos, a pine cone or spinning top, the pointy shape mathematicians couldn't stop cutting.

Four curvesCircle, ellipse, parabola, hyperbola — all one cone, different angles.
ApolloniusGreek wrote eight books on conics around 200 BC.
Orbits obeyPlanets and comets trace conics around the sun.
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