Associations to the word «Hyperboloid»

Wiktionary

HYPERBOLOID, noun. A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.

Dictionary definition

HYPERBOLOID, noun. A quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats