parabola
IPA: pɝˈæbʌɫʌ
noun
- (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
- (rhetoric) The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.
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Examples of "parabola" in Sentences
- The line 'BC' is tangent to the parabola.
- He is the zenith of an awesomeness parabola.
- Consider the parabola given by the parametrisation.
- The line of the centers of a parabolic hexlet is a parabola.
- This is the equation of a parabola, so the path is parabolic.
- This point is specified by the slope of the axis of the parabola.
- The three types of conics are the ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola.
- You panic at the sight of the words ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola.
- In the mathematical world, we often idealize the trajectory as a parabola.
- In this simple approximation the trajectory takes the shape of a parabola.
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