HYPERBOLOID

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("hyperboloid" is a kind of...):

quadric; quadric surface (a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree)

Derivation:

hyperboloidal (having the shape of a hyperboloid)