单词 | parabolical |
释义 | parabolicaladj. 1. Geometry. = parabolic adj. 2a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > of conic section > parabolical parabolical?a1560 parabolic1649 parabolar1665 paraboliform1710 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) Pref. sig. A iij v Archimedes..(as some suppose) with a glasse framed by reuolution of a section Parabolicall, fired the Romane nauie..comming to the siege of Syracusa. 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) 313 Not directly downwards, but in a parabolical or some such crooked line. 1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 234 To compare the orbits, upon the supposition that they are parabolical. 1812 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 102 142 Moving in a parabolical direction through the immensity of space. 1927 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 13 443 In the case of a very strong field the parabolical coördinates of the Stark effect must be used. 2. a. Of or relating to parabola or parable; = parabolic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [adjective] allegoricc1395 allegorical1528 parabolical1563 apological1623 apologal1652 parabolary1652 Aesopic1664 parabolic1669 Aesopian1688 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > allegorical ghostlyOE allegoricc1395 allegorical1528 parabolical1563 parabolary1652 parabolic1669 semi-parabolic1876 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 910/2 Nothing can bee sayde more vncerteyne, or more parabolical and vnsensiblie than so to say. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee2v Which later kind of Parabolical wisedome was much more in vse in the ancient times, as by the Fables of Aesope, and the briefe sentences of the seuen..may appeare. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Wilkins Mercury ii. 19 The Jewish Doctors..accustom themselves to a Parabolicall way of teaching. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 373 A Parabolical Description of God's vouchsafing to the World the Invaluable Blessing of the Gospel, by the Similitude of a King..Solemnizing his Son's Marriage. 1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. 85 The antient Greek Poets were reputed to involve divine, and natural..notions of their gods under mystical and parabolical expressions. 1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy I. i. i. 7 That parabolical prophecy of our Lord; Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 1866 J. G. Whittier Prose Wks. (1889) I. 115 The Scripture they turn unto allegory and parabolical conceits. 1939 Mod. Lang. Notes 54 111 Gosson's work is essentially a treatment of the theory of friendship, a theory that receives parabolical attention. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Nov. 3/1 The sort of person given to staging extravagant parabolical dramas. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [adjective] > fond of relating parables or apologues fabulous1551 fabulistic1630 parabolical1691 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 265 He..had a parabolical and allusive fancy. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. viii. 218 I think aunty's unco parabolical the day. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory > parabolical quality parabolicalness1727 parabolicalism1854 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Parabolicalness, the being of the Nature or Manner of a Parable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1560 |
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