How to pronounce parabola
American English pronunciation
puh-RAB-uh-luh
- IPA
- /pəˈɹæbələ/
- Syllables
- puh · RAB · uh · luh (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What parabola means
A U-shaped curve, like the path of a tossed ball
In a sentence: The basketball flew in a high parabola before it dropped through the hoop.
Where it comes from: It came through Latin from a Greek word meaning a placing side by side, built from parts meaning beside and to throw. The word parable comes from the same Greek word.
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