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HYPERBOLOIDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperboloidal mean? 

HYPERBOLOIDAL (adjective)
  The adjective HYPERBOLOIDAL has 1 sense:

1. having the shape of a hyperboloidplay

  Familiarity information: HYPERBOLOIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPERBOLOIDAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the shape of a hyperboloid

Similar:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

Derivation:

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


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