parabolically

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To move in a smooth curved path like an arch

adverb
/ˌpærəˈbɑlɪkli/

Specialized

: parabólicamente

The ball soared parabolically over the field, following a graceful arc toward the goal.
parabolically confined electrons

Examples

Both work and efficiency were found by approximation to be related parabolically to V and SF/SL.

Academic text (1990)
And same here you get trying to space these parabolically L alpha, L beta.
It goes up exponentially for the gas and parabolically for a liquid.
A unique spectroscopic property of parabolically confined electrons is that the dipole-allowed transitions for two interacting electrons have exactly the same energy, h Omega 0, as the one-electron transition.

Academic text (1994)
The Hamiltonian for an interacting, parabolically confined many-electron system is separable into two parts describing, respectively, the center-of-mass motion of the whole electron system and the relative internal motions of the electrons.

Academic text (1994)
The satellite followed a path that moved parabolically through the atmosphere before reaching orbit.
The water from the fountain arched parabolically before splashing into the pond below.

Surface Forms

parabolically positive

Morphology

parabolically = parabolic (transparent) = parabola + ic + ly

Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'parabolic' using the productive suffix '-ly'; the adjective is a regular derivation from 'parabola' with '-ic'.

Etymology

Parabolically comes from Greek parts para- 'beside' and ballein 'to throw', so picture something you throw that flies in a smooth arc across the air. So parabolically means 'in a curved, arching way', like the path of a thrown object or an arched bridge.