n.;
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Parable. ] (Rhet.) Similitude; comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Parabolic conoid,
Parabolic mirror (Opt.),
Parabolic spindle,
Parabolic spiral,
adv.
a. [ Parabola + -form. ] Resembling a parabola in form. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Parabola. ] (Alg.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A narrator of parables. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Parabola + -oid: cf. F. paraboloïde. ] (Geom.) The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Geom.) One branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]