paraboloid
noun
pa·rab·o·loid
pə-ˈra-bə-ˌlȯid 
: a surface all of whose intersections by planes are either parabolas and ellipses or parabolas and hyperbolas
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So how many places are there where a paraboloid can equal zero?
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Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Imagine a paraboloid composed of a sequence of parabolas stacked side by side.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Nearby, 16 stark-white paraboloid beams supported the Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília like a crown of thorns.
—Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium Built for the 1964 Olympics, the indoor stadium, a cantilevered hyberbolic paraboloid, is threatened with demolition because of leaks.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Town & Country, 16 Oct. 2017
Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Imagine a paraboloid composed of a sequence of parabolas stacked side by side.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
Nearby, 16 stark-white paraboloid beams supported the Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília like a crown of thorns.
—Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium Built for the 1964 Olympics, the indoor stadium, a cantilevered hyberbolic paraboloid, is threatened with demolition because of leaks.
—Ben Ryder Howe, Town & Country, 16 Oct. 2017
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circa 1702, in the meaning defined above
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