paraboloid

paraboloid

The equation for

a circular paraboloid is

^x2/_a²

+

^y2/_b²

= z.

pa·rab·o·loid

 (pə-răb′ə-loid′)

n.

A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic or circular sections perpendicular to that axis.

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pa·rab′o·loi′dal (-loid′l) adj.

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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

paˌraboˈloidal adj

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pa•rab•o•loid

(pəˈræb əˌlɔɪd)

n.

a surface that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to at least one coordinate plane are parabolas.

[1650–60]

pa•rab`o•loi′dal, adj.

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Noun

1.

paraboloid - a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis plane figure, two-dimensional figure - a two-dimensional shape

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