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Dictionary: pa·rab·o·loid   (pə-răb'ə-loid') pronunciation
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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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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis

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