Parabolic

What do we mean by parabolic?

Of or similar to a parable. adjective

Of or having the form of a parabola or paraboloid. adjective

Having the form or outline of a. parabola; of, pertaining to, or resembling a parabola.

Having only one point at infinity, or otherwise determined in character by the coalescence of two quantities.

Y = a + bx + cx + dx + ex + etc.

A space in which the sum of the three angles of every triangle is equal to two right angles: so called because the two points at infinity on every straight line in such space coincide; also, every point in every plane in such a space is a point of no curvature, and is therefore a parabolic point.

Of or pertaining to a parable; of the nature of a parable.

Of or pertaining to parabole; of the nature of parabole.

A parabola so approaching a curve that their distance apart becomes and remains less than any given distance, though never zero.

A parabola or paraboloid. noun

Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical. adjective

Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola. adjective

Having a form like that generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve. adjective

A paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. adjective

A mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. adjective

The solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. adjective

A spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola. adjective

Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid adjective

Of or pertaining to a parable adjective

A parabolic function, equation etc

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