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Parabole
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A parabola is a mathematical curve. Parabola or Parabole may also refer to: Arches * Parabolic arch Music * ''Parabola'' (album), an album by Gil Evans * "Parabola" (song), a song by Tool *"Parabola", a song by Jawbreaker from ''Bivouac'' Other uses * ''Parabola'' (magazine), a magazine published by The Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition * ''Parabola'' (moth), a genus of moth * Parabola (operating system), a GNU/Linux-libre distribution * Parabola Allegory, a Rosicrucian allegory attributed to Hinricus Madathanus See also * Parable * Parabola of safety In classical mechanics and ballistics, the parabola of safety or safety parabola is the envelope of the parabolic trajectories of projectiles shot from a certain point with a given speed at different angles to horizon in a fixed vertical plane. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabola
In mathematics, a parabola is a plane curve which is mirror-symmetrical and is approximately U-shaped. It fits several superficially different mathematical descriptions, which can all be proved to define exactly the same curves. One description of a parabola involves a point (the focus) and a line (the directrix). The focus does not lie on the directrix. The parabola is the locus of points in that plane that are equidistant from both the directrix and the focus. Another description of a parabola is as a conic section, created from the intersection of a right circular conical surface and a plane parallel to another plane that is tangential to the conical surface. The line perpendicular to the directrix and passing through the focus (that is, the line that splits the parabola through the middle) is called the "axis of symmetry". The point where the parabola intersects its axis of symmetry is called the " vertex" and is the point where the parabola is most sharply cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabolic Arch
A parabolic arch is an arch in the shape of a parabola.Article about parabolic arch by The Free DictionaryParabolic arch , Article about parabolic arch by The Free Dictionary accessdate: March 2, 2017 In structures, their curve represents an efficient method of load, and so can be found in bridges and in architecture in a variety of forms. Description The mathematics While a parabolic arch may resemble a catenary arch, a parabola is a quadratic function while a catenary is the hyperbolic cosine, , a sum of two exponential functions. One parabola is , and hyperbolic cosine is . The curves are unrelated. The line of thrust Unlike a catenary arch, the parabolic arch employs the principle that when weight is uniformly applied above, the internal compression (see line of thrust) resulting from that weight will follow a parabolic curve. Of all arch types, the parabolic arch produces the most thrust at the base. Also, it can span the widest area. It is commonly used in bridge desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabola (album)
''Parabola'' is a double album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in Italy in 1978 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Arthur Blythe, Steve Lacy and Lew Soloff and released on the Italian Horo label. accessed June 16, 2014 Reception awarded the album 3½ stars.Allmusic listingaccessed June 16, 2014. Track listing ''All compositions by Gil Evans except as indicated'' # "Waltz" - 14:22 # " |
Parabola (song)
"Parabola" is a song by the American rock band Tool. The song was released as the second single from their third studio album ''Lateralus''. Initially released in 2002 as a promo only, the single was re-released on December 20, 2005, which includes the song and a DVD containing the music video and an optional "dual" audio commentary on the video by Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys. The dual commentary consists of two separate recordings of Biafra's voice, one playing in each stereo channel. The DVD was released alongside a DVD single for "Schism" as well. The song uses a modified drop-B tuning for the guitars. The song is featured on the video game ''Guitar Hero World Tour''. The song was played onboard Space Shuttle mission STS-130, as a wake-up call for astronaut Robert Behnken. Music video In support of this promo single, a music video was released – clocking in at over ten minutes because of the inclusion of the 3-minute "Parabol" lead-in (a separate track on the albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivouac (album)
''Bivouac'' is the second studio album by American punk rock band Jawbreaker, released on Tupelo Recording Company and Communion Records in 1992 on CD, LP and cassette. In contrast to their later albums which were entirely written by Schwarzenbach, ''Bivouac'' has been described as Jawbreaker's "most collaborative" album; the songs "Sleep", "P.S. New York is Burning", and "Like a Secret" were written "in full or in part" by bassist Chris Bauermeister, while "Parabola" was a collaborative effort between all three band members. The tracks "You Don't Know..." and "Pack It Up" are covers. The former was recorded and co-written by Joan Jett and released on her album '' Bad Reputation'' under its full title, "You Don't Know What You've Got." "Pack It Up" is a variation of the song of the same name from The Pretenders' second eponymous album with the lyrics rewritten, retaining only the music and the phrase, "You guys are the pits of the world." ''Bivouac'' is the only Jawbreaker studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabola (magazine)
''Parabola'', also known as ''Parabola: The Search for Meaning'', is a Manhattan-based quarterly magazine on the subjects of mythology and the world's religious and cultural traditions. Founder and editor Dorothea M. Dooling began publishing in 1976. It is published by The Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, a not-for-profit organization. Title etymology The name of the magazine is explained by the editors as follows: The parabola represents the epitome of a quest. It is the metaphorical journey to a particular point, and then back home, along a similar path perhaps, but in a different direction, after which the traveler is essentially, irrevocably changed. Subtitle changes The magazine's subtitle has changed over the years. In its first years, it was ''Parabola: Myth and the Quest for Meaning'', then ''Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition'', later ''Parabola: Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Meaning'', ''Parabola: Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabola (moth)
''Parabola'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1950. Its only species, ''Parabola butyraula'', was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is about 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a broad light ochreous-yellow streak along the dorsum throughout, from beyond the middle dilated so as to reach halfway across the wing. There is a fine strongly curved violet-whitish line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, finely edged with dark fuscous posteriorly, margined anteriorly by an ochreous-yellow line edged with a few fuscous scales, and posteriorly on the upper half by a similar line terminated b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabola (operating System)
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre is an operating system for the i686, x86-64 and ARMv7 architectures. It is based on many of the packages from Arch Linux and Arch Linux ARM, but distinguishes from the former by offering only free software. It includes the GNU operating system components common to many Linux distributions and the Linux-libre kernel instead of the generic Linux kernel. Parabola is listed by the Free Software Foundation as a completely free operating system, true to their Free System Distribution Guidelines. Parabola uses a rolling release model like Arch, such that a regular system update is all that is needed to obtain the latest software. Development focuses on system simplicity, community involvement and use of the latest free software packages. History Parabola was originally proposed by members of the gNewSense IRC channel in 2009. Members of different Arch Linux communities, especially Spanish-speaking members, started the development and maintenance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parabola Allegory
The Parabola Allegory is a Rosicrucian allegory, of unknown authorship, dating from the latter part of the seventeenth century. It is sometimes attributed to German alchemist Henricus Madathanus. Bearing many similarities to ''The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz'', it is steeped in alchemical imagery. It deals with the journey of initiation of an unknown narrator, who, after many trials, enters the Rose Garden and bears witness to the dissolution and reconstitution of a pair of royal lovers into a King and Queen. Like ''The Chymical Wedding'', the ''Parabola Allegory'' has the haunting quality of a dream. It was taken as the starting point by Viennese psychologist Herbert Silberer for an analysis of Freudian dream interpretation, in his major work ''Problems of Mysticism and Its Symbolism'', where the Allegory is quoted in full.Frothisalternate translation, it is evident that the allegory in question is the one often attributed to Henricus Madathanus. Silberer interpre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parable
A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. A parable is a type of metaphorical analogy. Some scholars of the canonical gospels and the New Testament apply the term "parable" only to the parables of Jesus, although that is not a common restriction of the term. Parables such as the parable of the Prodigal Son are important to Jesus's teaching method. Etymology The word ''parable'' comes from the Greek παραβολή (''parabolē''), literally "throwing" (''bolē'') "alongside" (''para-''), by extension meaning "comparison, illustration, analogy." It was the name given by Greek rhetoricians to an illustration in the form of a brief fictional narrative. History The Bible contains numerous parables in the Gospels of the New Testament ( Jes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
