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Definition of Hyperboloids
1. hyperboloid [n] - See also: hyperboloid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperboloids
Literary usage of Hyperboloids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"These two kinds of hyperboloids answer to equilateral hyperbolas in the theory of
... But orthogonal hyperboloids (Ex. 5, p. 100) are of a distinct kind, ..."
2. A System of Analytic Mechanics by Benjamin Peirce (1855)
"They are two hyperboloids, both of which have the same foci with the outer surface
... For each of the hyperboloids e2 is negative, and its absolute value, ..."
3. A Manual of Machinery and Millwork by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1880)
"They touch each other in a point only, and not along a straight line, as the
hyperboloids do. The uniform transverse sections of such a pair of cylinders ..."
4. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry: By Charles Smith by Charles Smith (1884)
"... through the curve of intersection of two rectangular hyperboloids are rectangular
hyperboloids. ..."
5. Solid Geometry by Percival Frost (1875)
"Thus, in the case of the hyperboloids, they are similar if they have similar ...
It will be seen that, according to the definition, hyperboloids of one and ..."
6. Principles of Mechanism: A Treatise on the Modification of Motion by Means by Stillman Williams Robinson (1896)
"92 is a pair of circular hyperboloids answering for the case FIG. 92. FIG. 93.
of pitch surfaces for circular skew-bevels, given to aid in acquainting the ..."
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