Definition of hyperboloid in English:
hyperboloid
noun hʌɪˈpəːbəlɔɪdhaɪˈpərbəˌlɔɪd
A solid or surface having plane sections that are hyperbolas, ellipses, or circles.
Example sentencesExamples
- To calculate atomic volumes, the Voronoi cell procedure using hyperboloid interfaces between atoms was applied.
- In 1826 he generalised his theorem to a hyperboloid of revolution, rather than a cone.
- Out of this work came another of Wren's important mathematical results, namely that the hyperboloid of revolution is a ruled surface.
- In the vicinity of point M, we assume that the surface of the hyperboloid is a plane.
- To compare this funny word with something more familiar, a hyperboloid is a two-dimensional pseudosphere.
Derivatives
adjective
These members complete the hyperboloidal structural connections to make the new structural principle operate.
Example sentencesExamples
- Initial data are prescribed on the blue parts, i.e. on a hyperboloidal hypersurface and the part of which is in its future.
- He has a Parisian optician produce hyperboloidal lenses for a demonstration, but the lenses are a failure.
- For general hyperboloidal gears, let us now calculate and in the same way in terms of the velocity ratio.
- The focus of this dissertation is the small free vibration of thin elastic hyperboloidal shells of revolution.
Definition of hyperboloid in US English:
hyperboloid
nounhīˈpərbəˌloidhaɪˈpərbəˌlɔɪd
A solid or surface having plane sections that are hyperbolas, ellipses, or circles.
Example sentencesExamples
- Out of this work came another of Wren's important mathematical results, namely that the hyperboloid of revolution is a ruled surface.
- In the vicinity of point M, we assume that the surface of the hyperboloid is a plane.
- To calculate atomic volumes, the Voronoi cell procedure using hyperboloid interfaces between atoms was applied.
- In 1826 he generalised his theorem to a hyperboloid of revolution, rather than a cone.
- To compare this funny word with something more familiar, a hyperboloid is a two-dimensional pseudosphere.