{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY March 18, 2019--------parabolic-------

WORD OF THE DAY March 18, 2019

parabolic    adjective | pair-uh-BAH-lik     Definition   1 : expressed by or being a parable : allegorical   2 : of, having the form of, or relating to a curve formed by the intersection of a cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone   Scroll down for more about parabolic      TRENDING NOW: crawdad non sequitur sequitur trope SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   'Two-bit' — Video Word of the Day 3/15/2019       Can 'Exponential' Mean 'Lots'?     Playing the 'Wild Card'       'Animadversion' — Video Word of the Day 3/14/2019         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   A Green Quiz   How many questions can you answer about the word "green"?     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   The two distinct meanings of parabolic trace back to the development of Late Latin and New Latin. Late Latin is the Latin language used by writers in the third to sixth centuries. In that language, the word for "parable" was parabola—hence, the "parable" sense of parabolic. New Latin refers to the Latin used since the end of the medieval period, especially in regard to scientific description and classification. In New Latin, parabola names the same geometrical curve as it does in English. Both meanings of parabola were drawn from the Greek word for "comparison": parabolē.     Examples of PARABOLIC   The batter launched the ball into a towering parabolic arc that carried it well over the center field fence.   "In 1937, [radio astronomer Grote] Reber built the world's first parabolic radio telescope in his backyard. The Reber Telescope was moved to the National Radio Observatory at Green Bank in the 1960s and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989." — Princeton Times (West Virginia), 21 Dec. 2018   Word Family Quiz   Fill in the blanks to complete a word related to Latin parabola that can mean "discussion" or "idle talk": p _ _ a _ er.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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