parabolic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

adj

  1. (chiefly mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
  2. (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable.

noun

  1. (mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc.

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