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parabolic.

Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.

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Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.

  2. Of or pertaining to a parable.

    rhetoric
  3. Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

noun
  1. A parabolic function, equation etc.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

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