parabola
/p rabbl/ • noun (pl. parabolas or parabolae /prabblee/) a symmetrical open plane curve of the kind formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. — ORIGIN Latin, from Greek parabole ‘placing side by side’.
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