In mathematics, a parabola is a plane curve which is mirror-symmetrical and is approximately U-shaped. It fits several superficially different mathematical...
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Look up parabola, parábola, paràbola, or parabolă in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up parabole, parabolé, or parabolë in Wiktionary, the free...
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In mathematics, a cuspidal cubic or semicubical parabola is an algebraic plane curve that has an implicit equation of the form y 2 − a 2 x 3 = 0 {\displaystyle...
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Quadrature of the Parabola (Greek: Τετραγωνισμὸς παραβολῆς) is a treatise on geometry, written by Archimedes in the 3rd century BC and addressed to his...
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Parabola GNU/Linux-libre is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on Arch Linux and Arch Linux ARM for the x86-64, i686, and ARMv7 architectures...
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Wikiquote has quotations related to Parabola (song). "Parabola" is a song by American rock band Tool. The song was released as the second single from their...
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intersecting a plane. The three types of conic section are the hyperbola, the parabola, and the ellipse; the circle is a special case of the ellipse, though it...
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In classical mechanics and ballistics, the parabola of safety or safety parabola is the envelope of the parabolic trajectories of projectiles shot from...
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Orthoptic (geometry) (section Orthoptic of a parabola)
tangents of a given curve meet at a right angle. Examples: The orthoptic of a parabola is its directrix (proof: see below), The orthoptic of an ellipse x 2 a...
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Parabola is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1950. Its only species, Parabola butyraula...
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Focus (geometry) (redirect from Focus of a parabola)
defining conic sections, the four types of which are the circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola. In addition, two foci are used to define the Cassini oval...
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Parabola, also known as Parabola: The Search for Meaning, is a Manhattan-based quarterly magazine on the subjects of mythology and the world's religious...
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Evolute (section Evolute of a parabola)
the diagram: The blue parabola is an involute of the red semicubic parabola, which is actually the evolute of the blue parabola.) Proof of the last property:...
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Parabola Films is a Montreal-based Canadian cinema production company founded by Sarah Spring and Selin Murat, a documentary filmmaker. Parabola Films...
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Paraboloid (category Parabolas)
symmetry and no center of symmetry. The term "paraboloid" is derived from parabola, which refers to a conic section that has a similar property of symmetry...
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work, the center of mass of a parabola. Consider the parabola in the figure to the right. Pick two points on the parabola and call them A and B. Suppose...
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Johnson's parabolic formula (section Johnson Parabola)
given by Euler's formula. It creates a new failure border by fitting a parabola to the graph of failure for Euler buckling using σ c r = σ y − 1 E ( σ...
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Cube (algebra) (redirect from Cubic parabola)
one-third power. The graph of the cube function is known as the cubic parabola. Because the cube function is an odd function, this curve has a center...
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Kiepert conics (redirect from Kiepert parabola)
hyperbola, called the Kiepert hyperbola and the other is a parabola, called the Kiepert parabola. The Kiepert conics are defined as follows: If the three...
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The Parabola Allegory is a Rosicrucian allegory, of unknown authorship, dating from the latter part of the seventeenth century. It is sometimes attributed...
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Quadratic function (category Parabolas)
quadratic. The graph of a real single-variable quadratic function is a parabola. If a quadratic function is equated with zero, then the result is a quadratic...
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is called a parabola. The location and size of the parabola, and how it opens, depend on the values of a, b, and c. If a > 0, the parabola has a minimum...
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instead of three half circles it uses three parabola segments. More precisely the parbelos consists of three parabola segments, that have a height that is one...
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Parabola is a double album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in Italy in 1978 by Evans with an orchestra featuring Arthur...
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Perpendicular (section Parabolas)
the axis intersects the parabola. From a point on the tangent line to a parabola's vertex, the other tangent line to the parabola is perpendicular to the...
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Involute (section Involutes of a semicubic parabola)
showing that this involute is a parabola. The other involutes are thus parallel curves of a parabola, and are not parabolas, as they are curves of degree...
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ellipse which is not a circle is between 0 and 1. The eccentricity of a parabola is 1. The eccentricity of a hyperbola is greater than 1. The eccentricity...
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Parabolic arch (category Parabolas)
A parabolic arch is an arch in the shape of a parabola. In structures, their curve represents an efficient method of load, and so can be found in bridges...
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created. An alternative free operating system, Parabola-rM, has been made to replace Codex. Parabola-rM aims to turn the device into a full-fledged computer...
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Metathrinca parabola is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in southern India. The wingspan is about...
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