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PARABOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parabola mean?
• PARABOLA (noun)
The noun PARABOLA has 1 sense:
1. a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
Familiarity information: PARABOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("parabola" is a kind of...):
conic; conic section ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)
Derivation:
parabolic; parabolical (having the form of a parabola)
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