Parabole(n.) Similitude; comparison.
Parabolic(a.) Alt. of Parabolical
Parabolical(a.) Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.
Parabolical(a.) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.
Parabolical(a.) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid.
Parabolically(adv.) By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.
Parabolically(adv.) In the form of a parabola.
Parabolism(n.) The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term.
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