pa·rab·o·loid (p -r b -loid )n. A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis. pa·rab o·loidal (-loidl) adj. |   the equation for a circular paraboloid is: x2/a2 + y2/b2 =z |
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| Adj. | 1. | paraboloidal - having the shape of a paraboloid rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
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