parabola

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Pronunciation

• enPR: pərăb'ələ, IPA: /pəˈɹæbələ/

Noun

parabola (plural parabolas)

1. (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
2. (rhetoric) The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.

   Synonyms: parable

Translations

• French: parabole
• German: Parabel
• Italian: parabola
• Portuguese: parábola
• Russian: пара́бола
• Spanish: parábola

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