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parabola Definition


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parabola
noun parabolas
    1. A conic section produced when a plane intersects a cone, and the plane is parallel to the cone's sloping side.
    2. The locus of a point equidistant from a fixed point (the focus noun 8) and a fixed straight line (the directrix).
Etymology: 16c: from Greek parabole placing alongside.



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