Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: paraboloid  pu'ra-bu,loyd
  1. A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis

Derived forms: paraboloids

Type of: plane figure, two-dimensional figure

Encyclopedia: Paraboloid

Nearest

para[2]
parable
parabola
parabolic
parabolic geometry
parabolic mirror
parabolic reflector
parabolical
parabolically
parabolograph
paraboloid
paraboloid reflector
paraboloidal
Paracelsus
paracentesis
paracentral scotoma
paracervical block
paracetamol
Paracheirodon
Paracheirodon axelrodi
parachronism