- parabola as a noun:
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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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