Paraboloid

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Short for elliptic paraboloid abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis wordnet
  3. 3
    Short for hyperbolic paraboloid abbreviation, alt-of

Etymology

From parabola + -oid.

Related phrases

elliptic paraboloidhyperbolic paraboloidparaboloid of revolutioncross sectionsurface of revolution

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