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  2. Parabolic reflector - Wikipedia

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    Parallel rays coming into a parabolic mirror are focused at a point F. The vertex is V, and the axis of symmetry passes through V and F. For off-axis reflectors (with just the part of the paraboloid between the points P 1 and P 3), the receiver is still placed at the focus of the paraboloid, but it does not cast a shadow onto the reflector.

  3. Paraboloid - Wikipedia

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    Paraboloid of revolution. In geometry, a paraboloid is a quadric surface that has exactly one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry. The term "paraboloid" is derived from parabola, which refers to a conic section that has a similar property of symmetry. Every plane section of a paraboloid made by a plane parallel to the axis of symmetry is ...

  4. Cavalieri's principle - Wikipedia

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    From the definition of a cycloid, it has width 2πr and height 2r, so its area is four times the area of the circle. Calculate the area within this rectangle that lies above the cycloid arch by bisecting the rectangle at the midpoint where the arch meets the rectangle, rotate one piece by 180° and overlay the other half of the rectangle with it.

  5. List of centroids - Wikipedia

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    Semicircular area [3] ... Volume Cuboid: a, b = the sides of the cuboid's base ... r = the radius of the cylinder h = the height of the cylinder Right circular ...

  6. Parabolic coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The red paraboloid corresponds to τ=2, the blue paraboloid corresponds to σ=1, and the yellow half-plane corresponds to φ=-60°. The three surfaces intersect at the point P (shown as a black sphere) with Cartesian coordinates roughly (1.0, -1.732, 1.5).

  7. Paraboloidal coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Paraboloidal coordinates are three-dimensional orthogonal coordinates (,,) that generalize two-dimensional parabolic coordinates.They possess elliptic paraboloids as one-coordinate surfaces.

  8. Liquid-mirror telescope - Wikipedia

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    It will only work in space; but in orbit, gravity will not distort the mirror's shape into a paraboloid. The design features a liquid stored in a flat-bottomed ring-shaped container with raised interior edges. The central focal area would be rectangular, but a secondary rectangular-parabolic mirror would gather the light to a focal point.

  9. Parabolic antenna - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The reflector is a metallic surface formed into a paraboloid of revolution and usually truncated in a circular rim that forms the diameter of the antenna. [2] In a transmitting antenna, radio frequency current from a transmitter is supplied through a transmission line cable to the feed antenna, which converts it into radio waves. The ...