PARABOLOID
Pa*rab"o*loid, n. Etym: [Parabola + -oid: cf. F. paraboloïde.]
(Geom.)
Defn: The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas.
Note: The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. Hutton.
PARABOLOIDAL
Par`a*bo*loid"al, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.
PARABRONCHIUM
Par`a*bron"chi*um, n.; pl. Parabronchia. Etym: [NL. See Para-,
Bronchia.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.
PARACELSIAN
Par`a*cel"si*an, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of
Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century. Ferrand.
PARACELSIAN
Par`a*cel"si*an, n.