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parabolic

parabolic adjective: of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.

Adjective

parabolic (comparative more parabolic, superlative most parabolic)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
  2. (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable.
  3. Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.

Noun

parabolic (plural parabolics)

  1. A parabolic function, equation etc.

parabolic meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Gujarati

parabolic in Hindi

of or pertaining to a parabola or paraboloid
परवलयिक parvalyik

parabolic in Tamil

பரவளைய

parabolic in Gujarati

parabolic
પરવલયાકાર parvalyākār

Forms of parabolic

Adjective
comparativemore parabolic
superlativemost parabolic
alternative formparabolical
Noun
pluralparabolics

Origin of parabolic

From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós).

Words formed from parabolic

Phrases with parabolic

Words that rhyme with parabolic

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Questions about parabolic

What does parabolic mean?
Parabolic means of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.
What is parabolic in Hindi?
Parabolic in Hindi is परवलयिक (parvalyik). See Parabolic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is parabolic?
Parabolic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near parabolic in the dictionary

  1. parabolas
  2. parabolaster
  3. parabolasters
  4. parabole
  5. paraboles
  6. parabolic
  7. parabolic comet
  8. parabolic comets
  9. parabolic cup
  10. parabolic cups
  11. parabolic mirror

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: parabolic (page history and authors); parabolic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પરવલયાકાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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