See Also: paraboloid(medicine)
paraboloid(dictionary)
paraboloid condenser(medicine)
condenser, darkfield, paraboloid(medicine)
paraboloid dark field condenser(medicine)

paraboloid (iou)



paraboloid noun & adjective. M17.
[from PARABOLA + -OID.]
Geometry.
A. noun.
= PARABOLA 2. M17-E18.
A solid or surface of which the cross-sections in two mutually perpendicular directions are parabolas and those in the third are ellipses or hyperbolas; spec. one with circular cross-sections, generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis of symmetry (also more fully paraboloid of revolution). E18.
b. adjective. Paraboloidal. rare. M19.
parabo'loidal adjective of the form of a paraboloid E19.