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Parabola - What does it mean?

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parabola

English

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

    • See also

    * circle * conic section * ellipse * hyperbola

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