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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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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
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How to use hyperbolic paraboloid in a sentence
In the first case the surface is called an Hyperboloid of one sheet, in the second an Hyperbolic Paraboloid.