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parabolical

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective parabolical has 2 senses

parabolical(a = adj.pert) parabolic - resembling or expressed by parables; Array

Derived forms noun parable₁, noun parable₂

parabolical(s = adj.all) parabolic - having the form of a parabola; Array

Derived form noun parabola₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

parabolical, a. [Gr. paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See Parable.].

Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction. [1913 Webster]
Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve. [1913 Webster]

Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing curve is a parabola. See Conoid. -- Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used in reflecting telescopes. -- Parabolic spindle, the solid generated by revolving the portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an axis. -- Parabolic spiral, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an analogy to the parabola.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

parabolical, adj. = PARABOLIC 1.

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