parabola

Meaning

1. 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) Synonym of parable.

Synonyms

parable

dish

parabolic

parabolic mirror

paraboloid

parabolic curve

para-curve

arc

parobolic reflector

Translations

parabole

Parabel

parábola

parabola

παραβολή

parábola

parabool

paràbola

parabol

القطْع المُكافئ

القطع المكافىء

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈɹæbələ/

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “I set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver.