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Paraboloid

Paraboloid Meaning & Definition
Paraboloid Definition And Meaning

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

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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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