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pseudosphere

The English word “pseudosphere” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A surface generated by rotating a tractrix about its asymptote; a tractricoid
  2. Any of various surfaces with constant negative Gaussian curvature.

Etymology

From pseudo- + sphere.

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