parabolas
Meaning
of Parabola
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
Consider the parabola Since all parabolas are similar, this simple case represents all others.
In architecture, hyperbolas and parabolas in windows, arches, and doors are common, and decorative mouldings 'grow' into plant-derived forms.
A typical flight would last for two and a half hours, enabling up to 30 parabolas to be performed per flight.
Different parabolas intersect at the axes and appear to reflect off the axis with an incidence angle of 45 degrees, with a third parabola entering in a perpendicular fashion.
He discovered a way to solve the problem of doubling the cube using parabolas.
He goes on to claim that "the existing evidence shows that Arup's canvassed several possibilities for the geometry of the shells, from parabolas to ellipsoids and spheres."