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pa·rab·o·loid 
[puh-rab-uh-loid] Pronunciation Key
[puh-rab-uh-loid] Pronunciation Key –noun Geometry.
| a surface that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to at least one coordinate plane are parabolas. |
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pa·rab·o·loid
(pə-rāb'ə-loid') Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) n. A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis. pa·rab'o·loi'dal (-loid'l) adj. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| paraboloid | |
noun | |
| a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| paraboloid
(pə-rāb'ə-loid') Pronunciation Key
A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis. |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Paraboloid
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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