Definition of paraboloid
: a surface all of whose intersections by planes are either parabolas and ellipses or parabolas and hyperbolas
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Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium Built for the 1964 Olympics, the indoor stadium, a cantilevered hyberbolic paraboloid, is threatened with demolition because of leaks.
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First Known Use of paraboloid
circa 1702
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