Focal Property of Conic Section/Also known as
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Focal Property of Conic Section: Also known as
The focal property of conic section is also known as:
- the reflection property of conic section, as it explains how light and sound are reflected by a reflector the shape of a conic section.
Hence also:
- the optical property of conic section, from the way light behaves
- the acoustical property of conic section, from the exploitation of the phenomenon in the science of acoustics.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): acoustical property
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): focal property
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): optical property
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): reflection property
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): acoustical property
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): focal property
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): optical property
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): reflection property