adjective
parabolic
shaped like or relating to a parabola, the curve a thrown ball traces
In a sentence
Six example sentences with parabolic, each labelled with its topic.
Her free throw follows a high parabolic arc, rising well above the backboard before dropping almost straight through the net.
Basketball
The satellite dish is parabolic so that every signal striking its curved face bounces to the single receiver at the focus.
Technology
Analysts called the stock's parabolic rise a warning, since a chart that curves ever more steeply upward usually ends in a sharp fall.
Finance
A ball thrown across the yard follows a parabolic path, and students calculate where it lands from the launch angle alone.
Science
Gaudi shaped the crypt's arches into parabolic curves, which carry the load without any buttress at all.
Architecture
A parabolic umbrella concentrates the flash into a tight beam, and the portrait's shadows become crisp instead of soft.
Photography
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