parabolic
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- adjective
- /ˌpærəˈbɑlɪk/
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parabólico
- Now how a parabolic mirror works is you have light sound coming in and the parabolic shape acts to focus it onto a single point.
- parabolic trough
- parabolic antenna
- parabolic dish
So, so why wouldn't we have parabolic tax rates?
- So, so why wouldn't we have parabolic tax rates?
- And what we're going to do is now we're just going to create kind of like the reflection of this, our little parabolic curves heading towards our asymptotes.
- In fact, US and eurozone emissions are declining, but it's China and India that are going parabolic.
- Now how a parabolic mirror works is you have light sound coming in and the parabolic shape acts to focus it onto a single point.
- So you see this wild parabolic upward spread of the Delta variant, but the death started lagging.
- We are seeing a, a, what they call a parabolic curve where it is going, it is exponentially growing with the amount of food borne illness reports.
Examples
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The satellite dish has a parabolic shape, allowing it to collect signals efficiently.
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Math teachers have used this new technology to design and print parabolic structures.
Academic text (2014) -
A radio telescope is a parabolic surface reflector antenna that works much like a TV satellite dish.
Academic text (2004) -
It is a parabolic curve with exponential rewards occurring at the end.
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Each of these telescopes is a fully steerable parabolic antenna that focuses the energy received to electronic receivers via tuned feed horns.
Academic text (2000) -
The artist created a stunning sculpture that featured a parabolic form, gracefully curving upward.
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In physics class, we learned about the path of a projectile, which follows a parabolic trajectory.
Synonyms
A U-shaped curve like the path of a thrown object
A curved 3D shape like a satellite dish that brings light or signals to one point
Antonyms
Compounds
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A curved shiny surface that focuses parallel light rays to one point
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A curved surface shaped like a bowl that focuses light or sound into a beam
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A branch of mathematics that follows Euclid's rules for flat space
How Curved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Parabolic comes from the Greek word parabole, built from para- 'beside' and ballein 'to throw'. Think of throwing a ball and the curved path it makes; early mathematicians called that curve a parabola, so parabolic means 'shaped like that curve'.