parabola en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pəˈɹæb.ə.lə/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek παρα- (para-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (parabállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)bor. New Latin parabolabor. English parabola 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.
Meanings
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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.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 387:
- (rhetoric) Synonym of parable.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| parabolas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| parabolæ | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| parabolae | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
semiparabola · parabolism · sporabola · paraboliform · paraboloid
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Translations (59)
sk parabola (a conic section) · cmn 拋物線 /抛物线 (a conic section) · haw palapola (a conic section) · th พาราโบลา (a conic section) · sl parabola (a conic section) · hu parabola (a conic section) · bn পরাবৃত্ত (a conic section) · fr parabole (a conic section) · bg пара́бола (a conic section) · fa سهمی (a conic section) · cs povrchnice (a conic section) · cs stejnice (a conic section) · ja 放物線 (a conic section) · pl parabola (a conic section) · fo parabil (a conic section) · am ባላ (a conic section) · be пара́бала (a conic section) · nn parabel (a conic section) · da parabel (a conic section) · pt parábola (a conic section) · nb parabel (a conic section) · de Parabel (a conic section) · fi paraabeli (a conic section) · ka პარაბოლა (a conic section) · km ប៉ារ៉ាបូល (a conic section) · ml പരവലയം (a conic section) · el παραβολή (a conic section) · tr parabol (a conic section) · ar عَدَسِي (a conic section) · gu પરવલય (a conic section) · ko 포물선 (a conic section) · uk пара́бола (a conic section) · ga parabóil (a conic section) · hy պարաբոլ (a conic section) · lt parabolė (a conic section) · sh пара̀бола (a conic section) · ru пара́бола (a conic section) · sv parabel (a conic section) · ar قَطْعٌ مُكَافِئ (a conic section) · vi parabôn (a conic section) · ast parábola (a conic section) · mr परवलय (a conic section) · he פָּרָבּוֹלָה (a conic section) · es parábola (a conic section) · is fleygbogi (a conic section) · hi परवलय (a conic section) · te పరావలయం (a conic section) · eo parabolo (a conic section) · it parabola (a conic section) · grc παραβολή (a conic section) · cs parabola (a conic section) · ar شَلْجَمِيّ (a conic section) · nl parabool (a conic section) · mk парабола (a conic section) · ceb halitok (a conic section) · gl parábola (a conic section) · sh paràbola (a conic section) · ca paràbola (a conic section) · lv parabola (a conic section)