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Definition of Parabole
1. n. Similitude; comparison.
Definition of Parabole
1. a rhetorical comparison [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parabole
Literary usage of Parabole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1908)
"D'un point donne P on peut mener ,i une parabole 2 trois normales PM, PM', PM" ;
les points d'incidence M, M', M" sont situ^s sur une hyperbole ..."
2. Astronomical Register (1870)
"If it is started with a motion to the sun, anywhere between nil and the amount
for a parabole in that place, while its motion in longitude is anywhere ..."
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