English-Thai Dictionary

parabola

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARABOLA

n.[L. See Parable. ] A conic section arising from cutting a cone by a plane parallel to one of its sides, or parallel to a plane that touches one of its sides.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARABOLA

Pa *rab "o *la, n.; pl. Parabolas. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. Parable, and cf. Parabole. ] (Geom.) (a ) A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix. See Focus. (b ) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parabola

pa rab o la |pəˈrabələ pəˈræbələ | ▶noun ( pl. parabolas or parabolae |-lē | ) a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity ideally follows a curve of this shape. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek parabolē ‘placing side by side, application, ’ from para- ‘beside ’ + bolē ‘a throw ’ (from the verb ballein ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

parabola

parabola |pəˈrab (ə )lə | ▶noun ( pl. parabolas or parabolae |-liː | ) a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity follows a curve of this shape. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek parabolē ‘placing side by side, application ’, from para- ‘beside ’ + bolē ‘a throw ’ (from the verb ballein ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Parabolantenne

Pa ra bol an ten ne Substantiv, feminin Technik , die |Parab o lantenne |die Parabolantenne; Genitiv: der Parabolantenne, Plural: die Parabolantennen Antenne, mit deren Hilfe Ultrakurzwellen gebündelt werden

 

Spanish Dictionary

parábola

parábola 1 nombre femenino 1 Narración breve y simbólica de la que se extrae una enseñanza moral :Jesús explicaba sus doctrinas con parábolas .2 mat Curva abierta formada por dos líneas o ramas simétricas respecto de un eje y en que todos sus puntos están a la misma distancia del foco (un punto ) y de la directriz (recta perpendicular al eje ).ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del latín parabola ‘comparación, símil ’. Del mismo origen que palabra (V.), mantiene el significado originario y, por comparación, se especializa con la acepción propia de las matemáticas .

 

parábola

parábola 2 nombre femenino RDom Antena que capta ondas emitidas desde un satélite y permite sintonizar emisoras de radio y de televisión situadas a gran distancia .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parabola

pa rab o la /pərǽb (ə )lə /名詞 C 1 〘数 〙放物線 .2 パラボラアンテナ .