English Explanatory Dictionary

hyperboloid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.

Word forms

hyperboloid hyperboloids

Etymology

From hyperbola + -oid.

Derived words

hyperboloidal hyperboloid of revolution
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