parabolic

adj, noun — 4 senses

adj

Etymology From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

Mathematics, Sciences Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.

Rhetoric Of or pertaining to a parable.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.

Derived terms: mirabolic, nonparabolic, parabolically, parabolic comet, parabolic cup, parabolicity, parabolic mirror, parabolicness, parabolic reflector, semiparabolic

noun

Etymology From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

Mathematics, Sciences A parabolic function, equation etc.

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