n. [ Parabola + -oid: cf. F. paraboloïde. ] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid. [ 1913 Webster ]