Canadian English Meaning of parabola
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Definitions and Meaning of parabola in English
parabola (n)
a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
parabola (n.)
A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus.
One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.
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parabola
a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curveA kind of curve; one of the conic sections form
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parable => parable, parablastic => Parabolic, parablast => Parablast, parabanic => parabanic, para-anaesthesia => local anaesthesia,
