英语词汇“parabolise”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

parabolise

释义

parabola /pə-rabˈə-lə/

noun (pl parabˈolas)

A curve, one of the conic sections, the intersection of a cone and a plane parallel to its side, or the locus of a point equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and a fixed straight line (the directrix), and having the equation with vertex as origin y²=4ax
Generalized to include any curve whose equation is yⁿ=px^m

ORIGIN: Ety as for parable

parabˈole /-lē/ noun (rhetoric)

A comparison, simile, or metaphor

parabolˈic /par-ə-bolˈik/ or parabolˈical adjective

parabolˈically adverb

parabˈolist noun

parabˈolize or parabˈolise transitive verb

parabˈoloid noun

A surface or solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis

parabˈoloid or paraboloidˈal adjective

parabolic geometry noun

Euclidean geometry

parabolic velocity noun (astronomy)

The velocity which a body at a given point would require to describe a parabola about the centre of attraction

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