n. A surface having a parabolic cross section parallel to an axis, and circular or elliptical cross section perpendicular to the axis; especially the surface of revolution of a parabola.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The solid generated by the revolution of a parabola about its axis; a parabolic conoid.
n. A curve whose equation is of the form ax = y.
n. A solid or surface of the second degree some of whose plane-sections are parabolas.
Paraboloidal.
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n. a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis
Word Usage
"A paraboloid is a three-dimensional shape that has two terms of x, y, or z that are squared and one term of x, y, or z that is not."