Parabolic [adjective]
Definition of Parabolic:
symbolic
Sentence/Example of Parabolic:
To a stranger it is just a little confusing to be so parabolic—so to speak.
The walls then rise, in parabolic outline, to a pointed apex.
A type of parabolic reflector now in use is shown in fig. 30.
The two shapes in use are the triangular and the parabolic or balloon-shaped.
The parabolic mirror will reflect the star to a perfect focus.
They got him out of the parabolic curve and headed back down.
For what are the circumstances of the parabolic representation?
Barbican maintained it was the parabolic; M'Nicholl insisted that it was the hyperbolic.
Its course was parabolic and it would probably land somewhere in South Dakota.
He made with his own hands 430 parabolic mirrors for reflecting telescopes, besides a great number of complete instruments.