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parabola
noun
(
plural
parabolas
or
parabolae)
(
geometry
) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of a point equidistant from a point (the focus) and a line (the directrix).
Translations:
Dutch: parabool
French: parabole
German: Parabel
(de)
f
Italian: parabola
(it)
f
Spanish: parí¡bola
(es)
f
Etymology:
From Ancient Greek
(
polytonic,
)
(parabolÄ)
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