paraboloid

pa·rab·o·loid
P0056600 (pə-răb′ə-loid′)paraboloid
(pəˈræbəˌlɔɪd)pa•rab•o•loid
(pəˈræb əˌlɔɪd)n.
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单词 | paraboloid | |||
释义 | paraboloid![]() pa·rab·o·loidP0056600 (pə-răb′ə-loid′)paraboloid(pəˈræbəˌlɔɪd)pa•rab•o•loid(pəˈræb əˌlɔɪd)n.
paraboloid![]() paraboloid(pă-rab -ŏ-loid) A curved surface formed by the rotation of a parabola about its axis. Cross sections along the central axis are circular. A beam of radiation striking such a surface parallel to its axis is reflected to a single point on the axis (the focus), no matter how wide the aperture (see illustration). A paraboloid mirror is thus free of spherical aberration; it does however suffer from coma. Paraboloid surfaces are used in reflecting telescopes and radio telescopes. Over a small area a paraboloid differs only slightly from a sphere. A paraboloid mirror can therefore be made by deepening the center of a spherical mirror.
Paraboloidan open quadric surface without a center. There are two types of paraboloids—elliptic and hyperbolic (Figure 1). Paraboloids are two of the five main types of quadric surfaces. The intersection of a hyperbolic paraboloid with a plane is a hyperbola, a parabola, or a pair of lines. Two rectilinear generators pass through each point of a hyperbolic paraboloid, which consequently is a ruled surface. In contrast to a hyperbolic paraboloid, an elliptic paraboloid does not intersect every plane in space. When it does intersect a plane, the intersection is either an ellipse or a parabola. In an appropriate system of coordinates the equation for an elliptic paraboloid has the form and the equation for a hyperbolic paraboloid has the form Here, p > 0 and q > 0. paraboloid[pə′rab·ə‚lȯid]paraboloid
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