About The Word Paraboloid
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Paraboloid
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What's The Definition Of Paraboloid?
[n] a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis
Synonyms | Synonyms for Paraboloid: Related Terms | Find terms related to Paraboloid: See Also | plane figure | two-dimensional figure Paraboloid In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*rab"o*loid\ (-loid), n. [Parabola + -oid: cf. F.
parabolo["i]de.] (Geom.)
The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its
axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by
planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.
Note: The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to
the parabolas of the higher orders. --Hutton.
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