parabolic
IPA: pɛrʌbˈɑɫɪk
noun
- (mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc.
adjective
- (chiefly mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
- (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable.
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Examples of "parabolic" in Sentences
- The shape of the dish is parabolic.
- The parabolic reflector was in diameter.
- The drawback is its parabolic trajectory.
- The crown of the famous parabolic vault is a hyperboloid.
- The scale factors for the parabolic coordinates are equal.
- The line of the centers of a parabolic hexlet is a parabola.
- This is the equation of a parabola, so the path is parabolic.
- The telescope is envisaged to consist of 80 parabolic antennas.
- The trough is parabolic in one direction and straight in the other.
- The amplitude of the pulses is parabolically modulated at a vertical rate.