PARABOLA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("parabola" is a kind of...):

conic; conic section ((geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone)

Derivation:

parabolic; parabolical (having the form of a parabola)