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    Math Definitions -> P -> Parabola

 Parabola

A curve shaped like an arch.

Any point on a prabola is at an equal distance from:

* a fixed point (the focus), and
* a fixed straight line (the directrix)

It is one of the "Conic Sections"

See: Conic Section
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Parabola

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