Parabolic usually refers to something in a shape of a
parabola
In mathematics, a parabola is a plane curve which is Reflection symmetry, mirror-symmetrical and is approximately U-shaped. It fits several superficially different Mathematics, mathematical descriptions, which can all be proved to define exact ...
, but may also refer to a
parable.
Parabolic may refer to:
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**In elementary mathematics, especially elementary geometry:
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Parabolic coordinates
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Parabolic cylindrical coordinates
In mathematics, parabolic cylindrical coordinates are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system that results from projecting the two-dimensional parabolic coordinate system in the
perpendicular z-direction. Hence, the coordinate surfa ...
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parabolic Möbius transformation
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Parabolic geometry (disambiguation) Parabolic geometry may refer to:
* Parabolic geometry, former name for Euclidean geometry, a comprehensive and deductive mathematical system
* Parabolic geometr ...
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Parabolic spiral
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Parabolic line
In differential geometry, a smooth surface in three dimensions has a parabolic point when the Gaussian curvature is zero. Typically such points lie on a curve called the parabolic line
which separates the surface into regions of positive and neg ...
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Parabolic cylinder function
In mathematics, the parabolic cylinder functions are special functions defined as solutions to the differential equation
This equation is found when the technique of separation of variables is used on Laplace's equation when expressed in parabo ...
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Parabolic induction In mathematics, parabolic induction is a method of constructing representations of a reductive group from representations of its parabolic subgroups.
If ''G'' is a reductive algebraic group and P=MAN is the Langlands decomposition of a parabol ...
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Parabolic Lie algebra In algebra, a parabolic Lie algebra \mathfrak p is a subalgebra of a semisimple Lie algebra \mathfrak g satisfying one of the following two conditions:
* \mathfrak p contains a maximal solvable subalgebra (a Borel subalgebra) of \mathfrak g;
* the ...
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Parabolic partial differential equation
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Parabolic trajectory
*In technology:
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Parabolic antenna
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Parabolic microphone
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Parabolic reflector
A parabolic (or paraboloid or paraboloidal) reflector (or dish or mirror) is a reflective surface used to collect or project energy such as light, sound, or radio waves. Its shape is part of a circular paraboloid, that is, the surface gener ...
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Parabolic trough
A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal collector that is straight in one dimension and curved as a parabola in the other two, lined with a polished metal mirror. The sunlight which enters the mirror parallel to its plane of symmetry is foc ...
- a type of solar thermal energy collector
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Parabolic flight - a way of achieving weightlessness
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Parabolic action, or parabolic bending curve - a term often used to refer to a progressive bending curve in
fishing rods.
*In commodities and stock markets:
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Parabolic SAR In stock and securities market technical analysis, parabolic SAR (parabolic stop and reverse) is a method devised by J. Welles Wilder, Jr., to find potential reversals in the market price direction of traded goods such as securities or currency exc ...
- a chart pattern in which prices rise or fall with an increasingly steeper slope
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Parabolic dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, fl ...
, a sand formation
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