PARABOLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parabolic mean? 

• PARABOLIC (adjective)
  The adjective PARABOLIC has 2 senses:

1. resembling or expressed by parables

2. having the form of a parabola

  Familiarity information: PARABOLIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARABOLIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling or expressed by parables

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

parabolic; parabolical

Pertainym:

parable (a short moral story (often with animal characters))

Derivation:

parable (a short moral story (often with animal characters))

parable ((New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the form of a parabola

Synonyms:

parabolic; parabolical

Similar:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

Derivation:

parabola (a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve)