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The most interesting intersections of cone are its planar sections (intersections with a plane). These sections are called "conic"

The figures can be

1) dot - for plane going through apex

2) two lines - for plane containing cone axis

3) one line - for plane going through apex and touching the cone

3) circle - for plane orthogonal to cone axis

4) ellipsis - for plane that intersects the cone axis and generating lines

5) parabola - for plane parallel to a generating line

4) hyperbola - other cases

See wikipedia's "conic section" article

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