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- noun Plural form of
paraboloid .
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In this treatise Archimedes calculates the areas and volumes of sections of cones, spheres, and paraboloids.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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In this treatise Archimedes calculates the areas and volumes of sections of cones, spheres, and paraboloids.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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The point was to move the prey through the arches, paraboloids painted in the same blazing colors.
Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994
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The reflector comprises two plywood paraboloids with a reflecting chrome-nickel steel lining.
Chapter 8 1990
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- Linear paraboloids, e.g. the Sobako, have a focal line instead of a focal point.
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The surfaces described by these frames are hyperbolic paraboloids (hypars), which are made up of straight lines.
Chapter 10 1988
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Tall paraboloids of concrete are staggered, white and monolithic, across the plain.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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The sub-imagers are tiny off-axis-shaped paraboloids, fabricated using injection molding.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In this work, Xenakis was able to fully explore the mathematics of hyperbolic paraboloids, and how music could be applied to built form.
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In this work, Xenakis was able to fully explore the mathematics of hyperbolic paraboloids, and how music could be applied to built form.
Archpaper.com - News Channel archpaper.com 2010
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