parabola
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parabola
- /pəˈɹæb.ə.lə/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “to set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver.
noun parabolas · parabolae · parabolæ
- 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). And it saves his life. As he's buzzing down a curving, narrow canal, a narrow green parabola appears hanging across the water in front of him, suddenly rising out of the water and snapping into a perfectly straight line at neck level.
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Synonym of parable.
Similar: parable
Translations
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noun a conic section
| Español | parábola |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 포물선 pomulseon |
| 日本語 | 放物線 hōbutsusen |
| 中文 | 拋物線 /抛物线 pāowùxiàn |
| हिन्दी | परवलय paravlay |
| Português | parábola |
| Français | parabole |
| Deutsch | Parabel |
| Italiano | parabola |
| Ελληνικά | παραβολή paravolí |
| Русский | пара́бола parábola |
| Tiếng Việt | parabôn |
| العربية | قَطْعٌ مُكَافِئ qaṭʕun mukāfiʔ, شَلْجَمِيّ šaljamiyy, عَدَسِي ʕadasī |
| עברית | פָּרָבּוֹלָה parábola |
Talk about this word "parabola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/parabola. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. parabola. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/parabola "parabola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/parabola.Cite this
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title = {parabola},
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