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parabolaster
† paraboˈlaster Obs. [f. parabola: see -aster.] A parabola of a higher degree: = parabola b. paraboloid 1.1656 Hobbes Six Lessons Wks. 1845 VII. 185, I have exhibited and demonstrated the proportion of the parabola and parabolasters to the parallelograms of the same height and base. 1656 tr. Hobbes'...
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parabola Geom. (pəˈræbələ) [a. 16th c. L. parabola (also parabolē), a. Gr. παραβολή juxtaposition, application, spec. in Geometry, the ‘application’ of a given area to a given straight line, hence also, the curve described below: for derivation and other senses, cf. parable. In F. parabole. See note...
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