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Parabola

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Noun

1. parabola

a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Parabola

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noun plural -las or -lae (-ˌliː)
a conic section formed by the intersection of a cone by a plane parallel to its side. Standard equation: y2 = 4ax, where 2a is the distance between focus and directrix

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Parabola

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noun
Geometry
a plane curve which is the path, or locus, of a moving point that remains equally distant from a fixed point (focus) and from a fixed straight line (directrix); curve formed by the section of a cone cut by a plane parallel to the side of the cone

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Parabola

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n.
A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone or by the locus of points equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point not on the line.

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