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Definition of Hyperboloid

1. Noun. A quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis.

Definition of Hyperboloid

1. n. A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.

2. a. Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.

Definition of Hyperboloid

1. Noun. A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign. ¹

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Definition of Hyperboloid

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Medical Definition of Hyperboloid

1. A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface. Hyperboloid of revolution, an hyperboloid described by an hyperbola revolving about one of its axes. The surface has two separate sheets when the axis of revolution is the transverse axis, but only one when the axis of revolution is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola. Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola. (04 Mar 1998)

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