Found 3 hits - Term: paraboloid, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paraboloid \parab"oloid\ -loid, n. parabola + -oid: cf. f.
parabolo"ide. 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.
1913 webster
note: the term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to
the parabolas of the higher orders. --hutton.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
conoid \co"noid\ k=o"noid, n. gr. kwnoeidh`s conical;
kw^nos cone + e'i^dos form: cf. f. cono"ide.
1. anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
1913 webster
2. geom.
a a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section
about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic
conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid,
ellipsoid, etc.
b a surface which may be generated by a straight line
moving in such a manner as always to meet a given
straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel
to a given plane. --math. dict.
1913 webster
see also:
paraboloid ellipsoid
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
paraboloid
n : a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single
coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to
that axis
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