paraboloid
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the equation for a circular paraboloid is: + =z (Academy Artworks) |
n.
A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis.
paraboloidal pa·rab'o·loi'dal (-loid'l) adj.
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