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Parabolic usually refers to something in a shape of a parabola, but may also refer to a parable.

Parabolic may refer to:

• In mathematics:
  • In elementary mathematics, especially elementary geometry:
  • Parabolic coordinates
  • Parabolic cylindrical coordinates
  • parabolic Möbius transformation
  • Parabolic geometry (disambiguation)
  • Parabolic spiral
  • Parabolic line
  • In advanced mathematics:
    • Parabolic cylinder function
    • Parabolic induction
    • Parabolic Lie algebra
    • Parabolic partial differential equation
• In physics:
  • Parabolic trajectory
• In technology:
  • Parabolic antenna
  • Parabolic microphone
  • Parabolic reflector
  • Parabolic trough - a type of solar thermal energy collector
  • Parabolic flight - a way of achieving weightlessness
  • Parabolic action, or parabolic bending curve - a term often used to refer to a progressive bending curve in fishing rods.
• In commodities and stock markets:
  • Parabolic SAR - a chart pattern in which prices rise or fall with an increasingly steeper slope
• Other
  • Parabolic dune, a sand formation

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