semi-parabolicaladj.
= semi-parabolic adj. 1.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > of conic section > parabolical > comprising half of a parabola
semi-parabolical1656
1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xvi. 170 The Body will be carried through the Semipa [ra] bolical crooked line AGD.
1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons iv. 36 in Elements Philos. Two Movents, one uniform, the other uniformly accelerated, make the Body describe a Semiparabolical line.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Semiparabolical, comprising half a parabola, belonging to a semiparabola.
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