paraboloid
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- paraboloidal adjective
Etymology
Origin of paraboloid
First recorded in 1650–60; parabol(a) + -oid
Example Sentences
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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
Find the volume of the solid bounded by the paraboloid z = 2 − 9x2 − 9y2 and the plane z = 1.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
The lower bound for r is zero, but the upper bound is sometimes the cone and the other times it is the paraboloid.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Figure 2.83 This quadric surface is called an elliptic paraboloid.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
If it lies at the infinity, the plane at infinity is a tangent plane, and the surface is called a paraboloid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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