a curve in which the ordinates are proportional to the square roots of the cubes of the abscissas.
See also: Semicubical
semicubical parabola
semicubical parabola
[¦sem·i′kyü·bə·kəl pə′rab·ə·lə] (mathematics) A plane curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates x and y is y2 = ax3, where a is some constant. Also known as isochrone.