mid-15c., from Late Latin parabolicus, from late Greek parabolikos "figurative," from parabole (see parable). Related: Parabolical.

A mirror whose surface is figured to the shape of a paraboloid, a particular form of open curve.

In digital video and film terminology parabolic is a type of microphone that is used to record sounds from a great distance.

A market that moves a great distance in a very short period of time, frequently moving in an accelerating fashion that resembles one half of a parabola. Parabolic moves can be either up or down.

(adj) having the form of a parabola(adj) resembling or expressed by parables

A bowl-like metal device, silver plated, reflector with a small oil lamp in the center.

Parabolic usually refers to something in a shape of a parabola, but may also refer to a parable. Parabolic may refer to: In mathematics: In elementary mathematics, especially elementary geometry: Par [..]

the thing that holds a camera in the place that you want so it does not move