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QUADRIC SURFACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quadric surface mean?
• QUADRIC SURFACE (noun)
The noun QUADRIC SURFACE has 1 sense:
1. a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
Familiarity information: QUADRIC SURFACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
quadric; quadric surface
Hypernyms ("quadric surface" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quadric surface"):
hyperboloid (a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis)
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