Definition of "parabolic" in Englisch

adjective

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

2. (rhetoric) Of or pertaining to a parable.

3. (botany) Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.

noun

1. (mathematics) A parabolic function, equation etc.