parabola

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a symmetrical open curve whose points are equally distant from a fixed point and a fixed line

   The moving object traced a parabola under the influence of gravity.

Borrowed through New Latin from Ancient Greek parabole ("a placing beside, comparison"), from para- ("beside") + ballein ("to throw"). The geometric term describes one of the conic sections.

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