ELLIPTIC PARABOLOID


Meaning of ELLIPTIC PARABOLOID in English

Geom.

a paraboloid that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to one coordinate plane are ellipses, while its sections parallel to the other two coordinate planes are parabolas. Cf. hyperbolic paraboloid .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .