paraboloid in English
noun
1
a solid generated by the rotation of a parabola around its axis of symmetry.
2
a solid having two or more nonparallel parabolic cross sections.
Here, the repetition and rotation of a basic truss creates the paraboloid form of the roof.
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1. For example, a hyperbolic paraboloid is a Conoid with two axes.
2. For example, a hyperbolic paraboloid is a Conoid with two axes
3. In effect, the LRIS Collimator is an off-axis paraboloid that reimages an off-axis
4. (geometry) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. A parabolic Conoid is a paraboloid; an elliptic Conoid is an ellipsoid.