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Definition of Parabolic
1. Adjective. Resembling or expressed by parables.
Partainyms: Parable, Parable
Derivative terms: Parable, Parable, Parable, Parable
2. Adjective. Having the form of a parabola.
Definition of Parabolic
1. a. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.
Definition of Parabolic
1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a parable ¹
3. Noun. (mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parabolic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parabolic
Literary usage of Parabolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Frank Allen (1920)
"Instead of circular arcs to join two tangents, parabolic arcs have been proposed
... Parabolic curves have, however, failed to meet with favor for railroad ..."
2. Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism: Intended as a by Joseph John Thomson, James Clerk Maxwell (1893)
"Parabolic Mirrors. 343.] If the vibrator is placed in the focal line of a parabolic
cylinder, and if it is of such a kind that the Faraday tubes it emits ..."
3. The Microscope: And Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1856)
"For obtaining a greater degree of obliquity, Mr. Wenham has contrived a Parabolic
Speculum,1 having its apex cut off, so that the object might be placed in ..."
4. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"The poetic style of the Hebrews bears the general title of parabolic — Its
constituent principles are the sententious, the figurative, and the sublime — The ..."
5. Engineering Mathematics: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Union College by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1911)
"72, sixteen different parabolic and hyperbolic curves are drawn together on ...
Parabolic arid hyperbolic curves may easily be recognized by the fact that ..."
6. Differential and Integral Calculus by Daniel Alexander Murray (1908)
"Parabolic rule* for measuring areas and evaluating definite integrals. ...
For the application of the parabolic rule, the interval AB is divided into an ..."
7. A Treatise on Universal Algebra: With Applications by Alfred North Whitehead (1898)
"(1) The interest of Parabolic Geometry centres in the fact that it includes ...
We will therefore confine our investigations of Parabolic Geometry to space ..."
8. Graphical and Mechanical Computation by Joseph Lipka (1918)
"The equation of such a curve is y = ax*, parabolic for b positive and hyperbolic
for b ... Note that the parabolic curves all pass through the points (0, ..."
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