| Pronunciation: | | pu'rabu`loyd
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[n] a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis |
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PARABOLOID is a 10 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | plane figure, two-dimensional figure |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pa*rab"o*loid\ (-loid), n. [Parabola + -oid: cf. F.
parabolo["i]de.] (Geom.)
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.
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