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PARABOLIC

\pˌaɹəbˈɒlɪk], \pˌaɹəbˈɒlɪk], \p_ˌa_ɹ_ə_b_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of PARABOLIC

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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Pertaining to a parabola; allegorical, or of the nature of a short story that illustrates a moral or religious truth.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Of the form of a parabola; expressed in a parable.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Pertaining to a parable. parabolical.
Pertaining to or having the form of a parabola.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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