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Definition of Paraboloidal
1. Adjective. Having the shape of a paraboloid.
Definition of Paraboloidal
1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.
Definition of Paraboloidal
1. Adjective. Having a paraboloid shape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paraboloidal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paraboloidal
Literary usage of Paraboloidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1901)
"A paraboloid floats in a liquid which fills a fixed paraboloidal shell; both the
paraboloid and the shell have their axes vertical and their vertices ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1880)
"paraboloidal Inclination. The progression of the stellar-paraboloidal abscissas
may be expressed under the form £(ij?n)", positive values of n giving ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"The term 'paraboloidal,' for which 'parabolic' is frequently but improperly
substituted, is applied either to bodies having the form of a paraboloid, ..."
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