Pa-räb'o-loid, n.

n. [Fr. paraboloïde, from Gr. παραβολή, parabola, and εἶδος, form, figure.] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; a parabolic conoid. Brande.

☞ The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. Hutton.