Examples of 'parabola' in a sentence

Meaning of "parabola"

Parabola (noun): In mathematics, a parabola is a curve where any point is at an equal distance from a fixed point (focus) and a fixed straight line (directrix)
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  • 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).
  • The explicit drawing of a parallel between two essentially dissimilar things, especially with a moral or didactic purpose. A parable.

How to use "parabola" in a sentence

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A vertical parabola constructed through three points.
Kind of the line of symmetry of the parabola.
A parabola defined by its directrix and focus.
Let me draw that parabola right there.
That parabola looks something like this.
When you define a parabola by its equation.
Parabola axis of the parabola paraboloid of revolution.
I mainly stretched the parabola to make it larger.
The parabola has an interesting reflective property.
Select the directrix of the new parabola.
There is a parabola and bars on the windows.
Select the focus of the new parabola.
This yellow parabola seems to increase faster.
Verify that the line drawn is a parabola.
Instead of a parabola that just goes like this.

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Or something pretty similar to what we know as a parabola.
Construct the parabola as an envelope of its tangents.
Not every inverse curve of a parabola is a cardioid.
The parabola is found by a least squares fit.
Let me draw a better version of the parabola.
Known parabola trough collectors are relatively large.
And there you get your parabola.
A parabola can also be defined in terms of distances.
We care about where it intersects the parabola.
A parabola is symmetrical with respect to its axis.
So you are at the same point in the parabola.
Let three tangents to a parabola form a triangle.
The second speed flow diagram is a parabola.
He also understood the parabola extremely well.
The graph of a quadratic function gives as a parabola.
Determine the equation of a parabola in standard form.
The reference function may be approximated by a parabola.
They are aware of the classical parabola of decolonization.
The parabola is an inverse transform of a cardioid.
Find the equation of the parabola as follows.
Your parabola is going to look like that.
This is the standard equation for a parabola.
Construct a parabola through this point.
Learn how to find the vertex of a parabola.
Construct a parabola with this directrix.
We now use the definition of the parabola.
Construct a parabola with this focus.
Standard form of the equation of the parabola.
A parabola has symmetry in one dimension.
The conic is for example a parabola or an ellipse.
So the parabola might look something like this.
For what approximate value of c is the parabola.
It can be generated by a moving parabola directed by a second parabola.
A parabola passing through three points.
Notice the parabola once again.

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