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Parabola

noun

(pl. parabolas)

A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.

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Etymology of 'Parabola'

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"Parabola" Quotes from Famous Books

... into space, and, catching the upper winds, was borne away for as long a period as could be maintained at the cost of a prodigal expenditure of ballast. The balloon is said to have described a visible parabola, like the trajectory of a projectile, and fell at Evreux in safety and beyond the range of the enemy's fire, though not far from their lines. This was on the 23rd of September. Two days afterwards the first practical ...

— The Dominion of the Air • J. M. Bacon

... "Vell, shoodt id indo him! And say, tell him about that tunnel! Tell him how you went in until the air got bad and came out up the hill like a gopher. Took a double circumbendibus and, after describing a parabola——" ...

— Silver and Gold - A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp • Dane Coolidge

Words linked to "Parabola" : parabolic, parabolical, conic section, conic