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Double Cone

Double Cone

A geometric figure made up of two right circular cones placed apex to apex as shown below. Typically a double cone is considered to extend infinitely far in both directions, especially when working with conic sections and degenerate conic sections.

Note: The graph of the equation z2 = x2 + y2 is a standard way to represent a double cone. That is the equation for the image below.

 

Double cone (hourglass shape): two right circular cones joined at their apex, one pointing up, one pointing down.
Double Cone