Paraboloid

id: paraboloid-315-13120052
title: Paraboloid
text: In geometry, a paraboloid is a quadric surface that has exactly one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry. The term "paraboloid" is derived from parabola, which refers to a conic section that has a similar property of symmetry. Every plane section of a paraboloid by a plane parallel to the axis of symmetry is a parabola. The paraboloid is hyperbolic if every other plane section is either a hyperbola, or two crossing lines. The paraboloid is elliptic if every other nonempty plane section is
brand slug: wiki
category slug: encyclopedia
description: Quadric surface with one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraboloid
date created:
date modified: 2024-04-01T22:25:52Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q192768","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q192768"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Paraboloid_of_Revolution.svg","width":512,"height":440}
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

Related Entries

Explore Next Part