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Semiellipse vs Parabola - What's the difference?

semiellipse | parabola |

As nouns the difference between semiellipse and parabola

is that semiellipse is a half ellipse while parabola is 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).

semiellipse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A half ellipse.

    • Related terms

    * semielliptical

    See also

    * semicircle * semioval

    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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