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parabola
  1. (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).
  2. (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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  4. Examples:
    1. “He defines evolutes and involutes of curves and, after giving some elementary properties, finds the evolutes of the cycloid and of the parabola.”
      “This exactly means that the directrix is the polar of the focus, while the focus is the pole of the directrix with respect to the parabola.”
      “For aggressiveness, the coupe's hood rises higher, with multi-focal parabola headlamps cut into the forward edge.”
paraboloid
  1. (mathematics) A surface having a parabolic cross section parallel to an axis, and circular or elliptical cross section perpendicular to the axis; especially the surface of revolution of a parabola.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Here, the repetition and rotation of a basic truss creates the paraboloid form of the roof.”
      “However, as the paraboloid becomes narrower, it tilts, then abruptly tumbles onto its side.”
      “Its elliptical paraboloid shape was selected because it could be easily described mathematically, simplifying both design and construction.”
parable
parabolic
  1. (mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc
parabole
  1. (rhetoric) similitude; comparison
parabolist
  1. A narrator of parables.
  2. Examples:
    1. “However that may be, it certainly reflects the parabolist who was also an experienced kerygmatist, a herald to out-of-doors crowds and synagogue congregations.”
paraboloids
  1. plural of paraboloid
parabolists
  1. plural of parabolist
parabolae
  1. (rare) plural form of parabola
parabolics
  1. plural of parabolic
parabolas
  1. plural of parabola
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She rapped the ruler even harder on my desk and returned to the blackboard and continued talking about parabolas.”
      “Angeli's many works were on infinitesimals and he used them to study spirals, parabolas and hyperbolas.”
      “Long-period comets can have orbits ranging from eccentric ellipses to parabolas to even modest hyperbolas.”
parabolai
  1. plural of parabole
parables
  1. plural of parable
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Here he sketches the main interests that dominate the evangelists' use of parables.”
      “It is a metaphor He uses quite often, many parables include references to the foundation of your building and standing the test of the end-times.”
      “Perhaps these Galilean parables aren't so different from the large-scale dramas in this month's Exodus history and psalmist liturgy.”
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