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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesparabolóide
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pa.ɾa.buˈlɔj.di
"O espelho do telescópio é um parabolóide de revolução."
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A quadric surface that has exactly one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry, formed by the rotation of a parabola around its principal axis.
"The satellite dish was carefully shaped as a paraboloid to accurately focus incoming radio waves."
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Having the form or characteristics of a paraboloid.
"Engineers designed a paraboloid reflector to maximize light collection in the telescope."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in modern mathematical English from New Latin, combining 'parabola' (from Greek parabolē meaning 'comparison' or 'application') with the suffix '-oid' (from Greek eidos meaning 'form' or 'shape'). It entered geometric and scientific vocabulary during the 17th century with the development of analytic geometry and calculus.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Paraboloid" is said worldwide
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paraboloïde
Transliteration: pa.ʁa.bɔ.lɔid
"Le réflecteur de l'antenne a une forme de paraboloïde."
Paraboloid
Transliteration: paʁaboˈloːɪt
"Die Antennenschüssel ist als Paraboloid geformt."
paraboloide
Transliteration: pa.ra.boˈlɔi.de
"La superficie dello specchio ha la forma di un paraboloide."
paraboloide
Transliteration: pa.ɾa.βoˈloj.de
"La antena parabólica tiene la geometría de un paraboloide."
parabolóide
Transliteration: pa.ɾa.buˈlɔj.di
"O espelho do telescópio é um parabolóide de revolução."
परवलयज
Transliteration: paravalayaj
"इस उपग्रह एंटीना का आकार परवलयज है।"
抛物面
Transliteration: pāowùmiàn
"这个天线的反射面是一个抛物面。"
포물면
Transliteration: pomulmyeon
"안테나 반사판은 포물면 형태로 제작되었습니다."
放物面
Transliteration: hōvutsumen
"アンテナの反射鏡は放物面をしています。"
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