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elliptic paraboloid: Meaning and Definition of

ellip'tic parab'oloid

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— Geom. Geom.
  1. 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.
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ellipticity elliptic spring
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