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parabolaster

parabolaster noun: a curve analogous to a parabola; or of a higher degree.

Noun

parabolaster (plural parabolasters)

  1. (obsolete) A curve analogous to a parabola; or of a higher degree.
    • I have exhibited and demonstrated the proportion of the Parabola and Parabolasters to the Parallelograms of the same height and base.1656, Hobbes, T., Six Lessons Epistle Ded. in Elements of Philosoph
    • A pure unaffected biquadratic parabolaster.1670, Collins, J., Letter in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud, Correspondence of Scientific Men 17th Century (1841) (modernized text) vol. II. 199

Forms of parabolaster

pluralparabolasters

Origin of parabolaster

From parabola + -aster.

Questions about parabolaster

What does parabolaster mean?
Parabolaster means a curve analogous to a parabola; or of a higher degree.
What part of speech is parabolaster?
Parabolaster is a noun.
What is the plural of parabolaster?
The plural of parabolaster is parabolasters.

Words near parabolaster in the dictionary

  1. parabolai
  2. parabolani
  3. parabolanus
  4. parabolar
  5. parabolas
  6. parabolaster
  7. parabolasters
  8. parabole
  9. paraboles
  10. parabolic
  11. parabolic comet

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