Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to a parable; of the nature of a parable.
- Of or pertaining to parabole; of the nature of parabole.
- 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.
- A parabola so approaching a curve that their distance apart becomes and remains less than any given distance, though never zero.
- n. A parabola or paraboloid.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid
- adj. Of or pertaining to a parable
- n. mathematics A parabolic function, equation etc
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical.
- adj. Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola.
- adj. 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.
WordNet 3.0
Etymologies
- Ultimately from Greek parabolē, comparison; see parable. Sense 2, from parabola. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“British space tourist and adventurer Richard Garriott, the son of an astronaut, will officiate at the ceremony during the 90-minute flight, which includes 15 rollercoaster-type dives, known as parabolic arcs, which last up to 30 seconds.”
“I have heard of a wonderful mirror known to science, which is called the parabolic mirror.”
“That is called a parabolic vertical mania- and it subsequently collapsed into panic selling.”
“This steepness would be described as a parabolic move on the chart by stock traders.”
“Workers assemble a pilot solar collector known as a parabolic trough during testing for the proposed solar power plant near Blythe, Calif.”
“All three power plants use curved mirrors called parabolic troughs to reflect and concentrate the sunlight to heat up liquid inside tubes for harvesting steam.”
“Andasol 1 is a solar-thermal power station and what is known as a parabolic trough power station.”
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment
“Mercedes To line this car up on an empty highway and roll on the throttle is to experience a unique, Newtonian effervescence, a momentary microgravity when the 4,800-pound dreadnaught around you disappears and you float in a kind of parabolic apogee of pleasure.”
“To line this car up on an empty highway and roll on the throttle is to experience a unique, Newtonian effervescence, a momentary microgravity when the 4,800-pound dreadnaught around you disappears and you float in a kind of parabolic apogee of pleasure.”
The Wall Street Journal: Olympian Acceleration for the (Very Rich) Masses
“In economics this trend is considered "parabolic", and all things that go parabolic are unsustainable.”
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