paraboloid
noun
pa·rab·o·loid
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Definition of paraboloid
: a surface all of whose intersections by planes are either parabolas and ellipses or parabolas and hyperbolas
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Other Words from paraboloid
paraboloidal
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of paraboloid in a Sentence
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Nearby, 16 stark-white paraboloid beams supported the Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília like a crown of thorns. — Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, "How Brasília Turned Me On to Modern Architecture’s Sexy Side," 2 Nov. 2018 Nearby, 16 stark-white paraboloid beams supported the Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília like a crown of thorns. — Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, "How Brasília Turned Me On to Modern Architecture’s Sexy Side," 2 Nov. 2018 Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium Built for the 1964 Olympics, the indoor stadium, a cantilevered hyberbolic paraboloid, is threatened with demolition because of leaks. — Ben Ryder Howe, Town & Country, "The World Monuments Fund Adds Civil Rights Sites in Alabama to List of Endangered Places," 16 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'paraboloid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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