hyperbolic paraboloid
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.
Compare
elliptic paraboloid.
Origin of hyperbolic paraboloid
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby hyperbolic paraboloid
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