parabolic

From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

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parabolic (comparative more parabolic, superlative most parabolic)

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

   Coordinate terms: linear, hyperbolic

2. (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable.
3. (botany) Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.

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parabolic (plural parabolics)

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

Borrowed from French parabolique. By surface analysis, parabolă +‎ -ic.

parabolic m or n (feminine singular parabolică, masculine plural parabolici, feminine and neuter plural parabolice)

1. (mathematics) parabolic
2. (literature) parabolic