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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread parabolic #97876 03/07/03 01:43 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Let us not forget that there are two words here. I have ;no idea which came first. The one refers to the path of a projectele, which would be a perfect mathematical parabola except for the drag of the atmosphere. The other word is based on paable, a story told to impart a moral. And of course, there is the guy with the parabolic chin, a perfect chin to hang a pair on. parabolic 1 adj. 5LL parabolicus < LGr parabolikos6 of, in the form of, or expressed by a parable: also par#a[bol$i[cal par#a[bol$i[cal[ly adv. parabolic 2 adj. 1 of or like a parabola 2 bowl-shaped, as a reflector, antenna, or microphone, so that sections parallel to the plane of symmetry are parabolas par#a[bol$i[cal[ly adv. If the vertex is at origin and the x-axis is the axis of the parabola, then take y 2 = 4ax as the equation of parabola. That is y squared, not y times 2. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: parabolic #97877 03/09/03 09:38 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... E emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... The one refers to the path of a projectele, which would be a perfect mathematical parabola Not strange that geometry is an important tool in ballistics, so that even Napoleone Bonaparte has been a teacher of geometry in some military school Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,318 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 457 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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