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adj
Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to a parable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
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adj
Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A parabolic function, equation etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adjective
resembling or expressed by parables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: parabolical
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adjective satellite
having the form of a parabola
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: parabolical
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History
From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).
Across languages
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