parabolic

(intransitive) To speak in parables. / (transitive) To make (a mirror etc) parabolic.

simple past tense and past participle of parabolize

present participle of parabolize

Conversion to parabolic form

The quality of being parabolic.

A comet whose orbit is parabolic and so makes only a single visit to the inner solar system

plural of parabolic cup

Synonym of mastos (“type of Ancient Greek drinking vessel”)

A curved mirror with a reflecting surface that forms part of a paraboloid (as opposed to, for example, a sphere)