Meridian Section/Examples/Paraboloid

Examples of Meridian Sections

Let $\SS$ be a paraboloid of revolution.

Let $\PP$ be a meridian section of $\SS$.

Then $\PP$ is a parabola.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): meridian section
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): meridian section