parabolic

== English == === Alternative forms === parabolical === Etymology === From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒlɪk === Adjective === parabolic (comparative more parabolic, superlative most parabolic) (chiefly mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid. Coordinate terms: linear, hyperbolic (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable. (botany) Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === parabolic (plural parabolics) (mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc. ==== Translations ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French parabolique. By surface analysis, parabolă +‎ -ic. === Adjective === parabolic m or n (feminine singular parabolică, masculine plural parabolici, feminine/neuter plural parabolice) (mathematics) parabolic (literature) parabolic ==== Declension ====