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hyperboloid

/hahy-pur-buh-loid/US // haɪˈpɜr bəˌlɔɪd //UK // (haɪˈpɜːbəˌlɔɪd) //

双曲线体,双曲线形,双曲体,双曲线型

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Mathematics.

    • : a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x2/a2 + y2/b2 − z2/c2 = 1.

Examples

  • At the top it is gathered into a dome in the form of a hyperboloid, pierced near the vertex with an aperture 12 feet in diameter.

  • In the first case the surface is called an Hyperboloid of one sheet, in the second an Hyperbolic Paraboloid.