(chiefly mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid. / (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable.

(mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc.

plural of parabolic

The condition of being parabolic

In the form of a parabola. / By means of a parable.

parabolic

The quality of being parabolic.

(rhetoric) similitude; comparison

plural of parabole

plural of parabolism