sectionalism

(noun)

Loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.

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(noun)

Loyalty to the interests of one's own region, rather than to the country as a whole; often a precursor to separatism.

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  • Ellipses as Conic Sections

  • Hyperbolas as Conic Sections

  • Eccentricity

    • The eccentricity, denoted $e$, is a parameter associated with every conic section.
    • The value of $e$ is constant for any conic section.
    • This property can be used as a general definition for conic sections.
    • The value of $e$ can be used to determine the type of conic section as well:
    • Explain how the eccentricity of a conic section describes its behavior

  • What Are Conic Sections?

    • A focus is a point about which the conic section is constructed.
    • These properties that the conic sections share are often presented as the following definition, which will be developed further in the following section.
    • Each type of conic section is described in greater detail below.
    • The nappes and the four conic sections.
    • Describe the parts of a conic section and how conic sections can be thought of as cross-sections of a double-cone

  • Conic Sections

    • Traditionally, the three types of conic section are the hyperbola, the parabola, and the ellipse.
    • In the Cartesian coordinate system, the graph of a quadratic equation in two variables is always a conic section—though it may be degenerate—and all conic sections arise in this way.
    • Conic sections are important in astronomy: the orbits of two massive objects that interact according to Newton's law of universal gravitation are conic sections if their common center of mass is considered to be at rest.
    • There are three types of conic sections: 1.Parabola; 2.
    • Identify conic sections as curves obtained from the intersection of a cone with a plane

  • Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates

    • Conic sections are sections of cones and can be represented by polar coordinates.
    • In mathematics, a conic section (or just conic) is a curve obtained as the intersection of a cone (more precisely, a right circular conical surface) with a plane.
    • Traditionally, the three types of conic section are the hyperbola, the parabola, and the ellipse.
    • The circle is a special case of the ellipse, and is of such sufficient interest in its own right that it is sometimes called the fourth type of conic section.
    • In polar coordinates, a conic section with one focus at the origin is given by the following equation:

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