a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity follows a curve of this shape.
抛物面;抛物线。
"late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek
n. 抛物面;抛物线
Parabolas are often used in physics, mathematics, engineering and many other fields.
抛物线经常用于物理、数学、工程和许多其他领域。
Parabola is of great use in geometric optics and mechanics.
抛物线在几何光学和力学中有重要的用处。
In mathematics, a parabola is a mirror-symmetric plane curve.
在数学中,抛物线是一个镜像对称的平面曲线。
We have a parabola going downwards in one direction, and upwards in the other one.
我们得到一条在一个方向上向下,而在另一个方向上向上的抛物线。
It's, again, a parabola going downwards.
它同样是,开口向下的一条抛物线。
That is a parabola.
这就是一个抛物线方程。
It is this parabola and is pointing up.
这就是那个抛物面,它是开口向上的。
So, we should draw maybe this downward parabola.
我们可以画出这样的开口向下的抛物线。
词根 parabola
parabolic adj. 抛物线的;比喻的;寓言的
paraboloidal n. 抛物面的;抛物线体
a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side. The path of a projectile under the influence of gravity follows a curve of this shape.
抛物面;抛物线。
"late 16th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek