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How To Use parabolic In A Sentence

• One step required knowing the location of the centre of gravity of any segment of a parabolic conoid.
• Top-spin, deflects air upward forcing the ball downward; while backspin will cause the ball to rise above its normal gravity determined parabolic arc.
• Although similar parabolic relationships were observed in two other tropical avifaunas, it may be premature to assess the generality of that relationship.
• Again, besides these four interpretations, there is the parabolical, which has been omitted. Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas
• Flown on a parabolic trajectory, this airplane can produce periods of microgravity for some twenty seconds.
• By solving flexibility and stiffness factor, this paper presents element stiffness matrix of parabolic wedge-shaped beam of rectangular section in plane frame structure.
• While others in the profession worked with straight edges, Gaudi invented his own methods for modeling parabolic arches from the catenary curve created by suspending a length of chain between two points.
• The commonest shapes are triangular or a long, low rhomboid shape although ‘parabolic’ and ‘hog's back’ are also quite common.
• [166] "Although some Muhammadans, whose understandings are too refined to admit such gross conceptions, look on their Prophet's description as parabolical, and are willing to receive them in an allegorical or spiritual acceptation, yet the general and orthodox doctrine is, that the whole is to be strictly believed in the obvious and literal acceptance. The Faith of Islam
• The parabolic reflector measures about 1.3 m in diameter and is made of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP, fiberglass) over a masoned mold. Chapter 8