PARABOLOIDS

Noun

paraboloids

plural of paraboloid

Source: Wiktionary


PARABOLOID

Pa*rab"o*loid, n. Etym: [Parabola + -oid: cf. F. paraboloĂŻde.] (Geom.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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