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hyperbolic paraboloid

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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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1835–45
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hyperbolic paraboloid  
n.  A surface of which all sections parallel to one coordinate plane are hyperbolas and all sections parallel to another coordinate plane are parabolas.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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