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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 degreeplay

  Familiarity information: QUADRIC SURFACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUADRIC SURFACE (noun)


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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