Hyperboloid

[hai'pә:bәlɔid]

(noun.) a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis.

Editor: Moore--From WordNet

(n.) A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.

(a.) Having some property that belongs to an hyperboloid or hyperbola.

Typed by Camilla