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Definition parabola

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek ???????? (parabol?), from ????????? (parab�ll?, �I set side by side�), from ???? (par�, �beside�) + ????? (b�ll?, �I throw�). Doublet of parable, parole, and palaver.

Noun

parabola (plural parabolas or parabolae or parabol�)

1. (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).
2. (rhetoric) The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.

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