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Meaning of Parabola | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈɹæbələ

Definitions

  1. The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
  2. Synonym of parable.
    rhetoric

Equivalents

العربية القطع المكافىء شلجم شَلْجَمِيّ عدسي قَطْعٌ مُكَافِئ
বাংলা পরাবৃত্ত
Bosanski parabola парабола
Català paràbola
Čeština parabola
Deutsch Parabel
Ελληνικά παραβολή
Esperanto parabolo
Español parábola
Suomi paraabeli
Français parabola parabole
Galego parábola
ગુજરાતી પરવલય
עברית פרבולה
हिन्दी परवलय
Hrvatski parabola парабола
Հայերեն պարաբոլ
Bahasa Indonesia parabola
Íslenska fleygbogi
Italiano parabola
日本語 放物線
ქართული პარაბოლა
ខ្មែរ ប៉ារ៉ាបូល
한국어 포물선
Kurdî parabol
Македонски парабола
Nederlands parabool
Polski parabola paraboliczny
Português parábola
Русский парабола
Slovenčina parabola
Српски parabola парабола
Svenska parabel
ไทย พาราโบลา
Türkçe parabol
Українська парабола

Examples

“And it saves his life. As he's buzzing down a curving, narrow canal, a narrow green parabola appears hanging across the water in front of him, suddenly rising out of the water and snapping into a perfectly straight line at neck level.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

parabolanus parabolaster parabolæ parabole paraboles Parabolic

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