parabolic

adjective

Of or similar to a parable.

adjective

Of or having the form of a parabola or paraboloid.

Having the form or outline of a. parabola; of, pertaining to, or resembling a parabola.

Having only one point at infinity, or otherwise determined in character by the coalescence of two quantities.

y = a + bx + cx + dx + ex + etc.

A space in which the sum of the three angles of every triangle is equal to two right angles: so called because the two points at infinity on every straight line in such space coincide; also, every point in every plane in such a space is a point of no curvature, and is therefore a parabolic point.

Of or pertaining to a parable; of the nature of a parable.

Of or pertaining to parabole; of the nature of parabole.

A parabola so approaching a curve that their distance apart becomes and remains less than any given distance, though never zero.

noun

A parabola or paraboloid.