noncentral quadric
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noncentral quadric
(′nän′sen·trəl ′kwä′drik)
(mathematics) A quadric surface that does not have a point about which the surface is symmetrical; namely, an elliptic or hyperbolic paraboloid, or a quadric cylinder.
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