hyperboloid
noun
hyperboloid is a noun meaning “A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-B-O-L-O-I-D, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hyperboloid is hyperboloids.
What does hyperboloid mean?
noun
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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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperboloid
- hyperboloids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperboloid?
Hyperboloid appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperboloid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hyperboloïde , hyperboloïde à une nappe , hyperboloïde à deux nappes |
| Portuguese | hiperboloide , hiperboloide de uma folha , hiperboloide de duas folhas |
| Spanish | hiperboloide , hiperboloide de una hoja, hiperboloide hiperbólico , hiperboloide de dos hojas, hiperboloide elíptico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.