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 |
paraboloid [pəˈræbəˌlɔɪd]
n
(Mathematics) a geometric surface whose sections parallel to two coordinate planes are parabolic and whose sections parallel to the third plane are either elliptical or hyperbolic. Equations x2/a2 ± y2/b2 = 2cz
paraboloidal adj
| paraboloid (p-rb-loid) A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis. |
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| Noun | 1. |  paraboloid - a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axisplane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape |
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