hyperbolic paraboloid

American  

noun

Geometry.

1. a paraboloid that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to one coordinate plane are hyperbolas, with its sections parallel to the other two coordinate planes being parabolas.

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Etymology

Origin of hyperbolic paraboloid

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

He topped the whole thing off with a swooping, saddle-shaped roof — a hyperbolic paraboloid in design-speak — that gave it a distinct presence.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

We are resistant to change in food packaging, attached to our squeezy honey bear, Toblerone’s triangular prism, the resealable paperboard tube that houses Pringles’s neat stack of hyperbolic paraboloid chips.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2019

The 32-story building may resemble an off-center pyramid, but the architects prefer to describe it as a hyperbolic paraboloid.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016

We first notice that the z term is raised only to the first power, so this is either an elliptic paraboloid or a hyperbolic paraboloid.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The hyperbolic paraboloid is also covered by two systems of rectilinear generators as a method like that used in � 34 establishes without difficulty.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various