👉 A quadric cone is a type of conic section that has two parallel planes cutting it in half. The name "quadric cone" comes from its shape resembling a pyramid with four sides, which are all parallel to each other and intersecting at right angles. The general equation for a quadric cone is: x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1 This equation represents a three-dimensional figure that can be thought of as a cone with an apex (the point