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parabola

noun

1 parabola

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

Roget 245: curvature, curvity, curvation; incurvature, incurvity; incurvation; bend; flexure, flexion, flection; conflexure; crook, hook, ... show more

Dutch: parabool
Polish: parabola


Moby thesaurus: arc, bow, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, circle, conchoid, crook, curl, curve, diacaustic, ellipse, festoon, hook, hyperbola, lituus, sinus, tracery.

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