Definition of Parabolic

1. Adjective. Resembling or expressed by parables.

Exact synonyms: Parabolical
Partainyms: Parable, Parable
Derivative terms: Parable, Parable, Parable, Parable

2. Adjective. Having the form of a parabola.
Exact synonyms: Parabolical
Similar to: Rounded
Derivative terms: Parabola, Parabola

Definition of Parabolic

1. a. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.

Definition of Parabolic

1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a parable ¹

3. Noun. (mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parabolic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parabolic

parablastic
parablasts
parable
parabled
parablelike
parablepsia
parablepsis
parablepsy
parables
parabling
parabola
parabolae
parabolas
parabole
paraboles
parabolic
parabolic geometry
parabolic mirror
parabolic reflector
parabolical
parabolically
parabolicity
parabolics
paraboliform
parabolism
parabolisms
parabolist
parabolists
paraboloid
paraboloid condenser

Literary usage of Parabolic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Frank Allen (1920)
"Instead of circular arcs to join two tangents, parabolic arcs have been proposed ... Parabolic curves have, however, failed to meet with favor for railroad ..."

2. Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism: Intended as a by Joseph John Thomson, James Clerk Maxwell (1893)
"Parabolic Mirrors. 343.] If the vibrator is placed in the focal line of a parabolic cylinder, and if it is of such a kind that the Faraday tubes it emits ..."

3. The Microscope: And Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1856)
"For obtaining a greater degree of obliquity, Mr. Wenham has contrived a Parabolic Speculum,1 having its apex cut off, so that the object might be placed in ..."

4. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"The poetic style of the Hebrews bears the general title of parabolic — Its constituent principles are the sententious, the figurative, and the sublime — The ..."

5. Engineering Mathematics: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Union College by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1911)
"72, sixteen different parabolic and hyperbolic curves are drawn together on ... Parabolic arid hyperbolic curves may easily be recognized by the fact that ..."

6. Differential and Integral Calculus by Daniel Alexander Murray (1908)
"Parabolic rule* for measuring areas and evaluating definite integrals. ... For the application of the parabolic rule, the interval AB is divided into an ..."

7. A Treatise on Universal Algebra: With Applications by Alfred North Whitehead (1898)
"(1) The interest of Parabolic Geometry centres in the fact that it includes ... We will therefore confine our investigations of Parabolic Geometry to space ..."

8. Graphical and Mechanical Computation by Joseph Lipka (1918)
"The equation of such a curve is y = ax*, parabolic for b positive and hyperbolic for b ... Note that the parabolic curves all pass through the points (0, ..."

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