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Hyperboloid

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Noun

1. hyperboloid

a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hyperboloid

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noun
a geometric surface consisting of one sheet, or of two sheets separated by a finite distance, whose sections parallel to the three coordinate planes are hyperbolas or ellipses. Equations x2/a2 + y2/b2 – z2/c2 = 1 (one sheet) or x2/a2 – y2/b2 – z2/c2 = 1 (two sheets) where a, b, and c are constants

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Hyperboloid

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noun Geometry
1. 
a solid often formed by rotating a hyperbola around either main axis: its plane sections are hyperbolas, ellipses, or circles
2. 
the surface of such a solid

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hyperboloid

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n.
Either of two quadric surfaces generated by rotating a hyperbola about either of its main axes and having a finite center with certain plane sections that are hyperbolas and others that are ellipses or circles.

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