PARABOLA


Meaning of PARABOLA in English

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek parabolē, literally, comparison Date: 1579 a plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line ; the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to an element of the cone, something bowl-shaped (as an antenna or microphone reflector)

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