hyperbolic paraboloid

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noun Geometry.

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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Compare elliptic paraboloid.

Origin of hyperbolic paraboloid

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby hyperbolic paraboloid

hyperbola, hyperbole, hyperbolic, hyperbolic function, hyperbolic geometry, hyperbolic paraboloid, hyperbolism, hyperbolize, hyperboloid, Hyperborean, hypercalcemia

How to use hyperbolic paraboloid in a sentence

Again his language was hyperbolic, saying that the scheme would do more damage than the Luftwaffe had managed in World War II.
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But this new crop of hyperbolic Clintonistas seems different.
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It would be hyperbolic to crown Steve Beshear as a profile in courage.
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H.L. Mencken, admittedly a fast man with a hyperbolic comparison, thought him more profound than Henry James.
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Such Oriental hyperbolic gratitude would have satisfied the greediest benefactor, and was infinitely in excess of what he owed me.
Ghetto Comedies|Israel Zangwill
The real facts never became known, but the tales of these stirring times have been handed down in more or less hyperbolic form.
Looking Seaward Again|Walter Runciman
In many of these instances the hyperbolic gold and silver of the writers would undoubtedly be bronze.
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In an hyperbolic involution any two conjugate points are harmonic conjugates with regard to the two foci.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various
In an hyperbolic involution the centre is the middle point between the foci.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various