hyperboloid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis

WordNet

Hy*per"bo*loid noun
Etymology
Hyperbola + -oid: cf. F. hyperboloïde.
Definitions
  1. (Geom.) A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.
Hy*per"bo*loid adjective
Definitions
  1. (Geom.) Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.

Webster 1913