Associations to the word «Paraboloid»

Wiktionary

PARABOLOID, noun. (mathematics) A surface having a parabolic cross section parallel to an axis, and circular or elliptical cross section perpendicular to the axis; especially the surface of revolution of a parabola.

Dictionary definition

PARABOLOID, noun. A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca