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Hyperboloid

A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a surface.

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Quadric 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the second degree.

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Antiparallels n. pl. · 78% connection

Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

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Areolation noun · 78% connection

Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects,…

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Axis noun · 78% connection

One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.

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Berylloid noun · 78% connection

A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

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Bevelled adjective · 78% connection

Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube…

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Bevelment noun · 78% connection

The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Bound verb · 78% connection

To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded ac…

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Coordinate noun · 78% connection

Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain…

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Crystallinity noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) The degree of structural order in a solid.; "The crystallinity of drug substances and additives is one of the fundamental…

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Deltohedron noun · 78% connection

A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.

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Diploid noun · 78% connection

A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.

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Dome noun · 78% connection

A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the…

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Dyne noun · 78% connection

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…

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Element noun · 78% connection

An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinite…

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Face noun · 78% connection

That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of…

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form noun · 78% connection

The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.

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