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parabola parabola
parabola , plane curve consisting of all points equidistant from a given fixed point (focus) and a given fixed line (directrix) (see illustration) . It is the conic section cut by a plane parallel to one of the elements of the cone. The axis of a parabola is the line through the focus... Read more
ballistics ballistics
ballistics , science of projectiles. Interior ballistics deals with the propulsion and the motion of a projectile within a gun or firing device. Its problems include the ignition and burning of the propellant powder, the pressure produced by the expanding gases, the movement of the projectile... Read more
Apollonius of Perga Apollonius of Perga
Apollonius of Perga fl. 247-205 BC, Greek mathematician of the Alexandrian school. He produced a treatise on conic sections that included, as well as his own work, much of the work of his predecessors, among whom was Euclid. Apollonius introduced the terms parabola, hyperbola, and ellipse. In... Read more
conic section conic section
conic section or conic , curve formed by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone (conical surface). The ordinary conic sections are the circle , the ellipse , the parabola , and the hyperbola . When the plane passes through the vertex of the cone, the result is a point, a... Read more
Ibrahim Ibn Sinan Ibrahim Ibn Sinan
IBRaHiM IBN SINaN IBN THaBIT IBN QURRA(b. Baghdad [?], 908; d. Baghdad, 946),mathematics, astronomy. For the original article on Ibrahim see DSB, vol 7.Ibrahim Ibn Sinan Ibn Thabit Ibn Qurra composed a survey of the whole field of geometrical analysis, contributed an original quadrature of the... Read more
curve curve
curve in mathematics, a line no part of which is straight; more generally, it is considered to be any one-dimensional collection of points, thus including the straight line as a special kind of curve. In analytic geometry a plane curve is usually considered as the graph of an equation or function,... Read more
cylinder cylinder
cylinder in mathematics, surface generated by a line moving parallel to a given fixed line and continually intersecting a given fixed curve called the directrix; each line of the family of lines forming the cylinder is called a ruling, or generator. If the directrix is a conic section (e.g., a... Read more
comet comet
comet [Gr.,=longhaired], a small celestial body consisting mostly of dust and gases that moves in an elongated elliptical or nearly parabolic orbit around the sun. Comets visible from the earth can be seen for periods ranging from a few days to several months. They were long regarded with awe and... Read more
Archimedes Archimedes
Archimedes , 287-212 BC, Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor. He is famous for his work in geometry (on the circle, sphere, cylinder, and parabola), physics, mechanics, and hydrostatics. He lived most of his life in his native Syracuse, where he was on intimate terms with the royal family.... Read more
New Madrid New Madrid
New Madrid , city (2000 pop. 3,334), seat of New Madrid co., extreme SE Missouri, on Mississippi River at the sweeping New Madrid Bend; inc. 1808. A river port, the city is protected by high levees; cotton, wood products, and telecommunications shelters are produced, and aluminum is processed. Laid... Read more

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Oh Anthea, darling, are you completely round the U-bend?
Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London) ...completely round the U-bend? SO IS it all over for...Turner? Has her golden parabola of fame finally crashed...much more than picking out soft furnishings. Yet...like real girlfriends, dont we? We even get our hair...that bleach, Anthea it ...

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