Associations to the word «Parabola»
Noun
- Vertex
- Reflector
- Eccentricity
- Gnu
- Infinity
- Axis
- Trajectory
- Projectile
- Curve
- Symmetry
- Libre
- Curvature
- Cone
- Approximation
- Degenerate
- Parable
- Equation
- Allegory
- Parentage
- Triangle
- Planck
- Chord
- Placebo
- Geometry
- Exhaustion
- Phylogeny
- Linux
- Arc
- Parity
- Pascal
- Comet
- Schism
- Orbit
- Integral
- Panda
- Hoax
- Galileo
- Circle
- Graph
- Pelican
- Coordinate
- Calculus
- Focus
- Nebula
- Intersection
- Zero
- Antenna
- Partridge
- Linkage
- Axe
- Plane
- Perch
- Diagram
- Arch
- Parkinson
- Mathematician
- Sphere
- Segment
- Pi
- Positive
- Angle
- Radius
- Minimum
- Pathogen
- Offset
- Pathology
- Locus
- Photon
- Cube
Adjective
Wiktionary
PARABOLA, noun. (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 points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
PARABOLA, noun. (rhetoric) The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.
Dictionary definition
PARABOLA, noun. A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.