parabool
Dutch
parabool
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ), from παραβάλλω (parabállō, “I set side by side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpaːraːˈboːl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧bool
- Rhymes: -oːl
Noun
parabool m (plural parabolen, diminutive parabooltje n)
- (mathematics) parabola (a conic section)
- (literature) understatement
Synonyms
- (understatement): understatement
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- parabolisch
- paraboloïde
- paraboolspiegel
- paraboolvlucht
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