para-bola

pa·ra-bo·la

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Definition of para-bola word

noun para-bola a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py. 1

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

1570-80; < New Latin < Greek parabolḗ an application. See parable

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