hyperbolic paraboloid

hyperbolic paraboloid
a paraboloid that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to one coordinate plane are hyperbolas, with its sections parallel to the other two coordinate planes being parabolas. Cf. elliptic paraboloid.
[1835-45]

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