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Parabolic

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to a parable. rhetoric
  3. 3
    Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the form of a parabola wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling or expressed by parables wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A parabolic function, equation etc.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

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