parabolical

• Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung 'zur Parabel gehörend' oder 'in Form einer Parabel ausgedrückt'; heute durch 'parabolisch' ersetzt.

An obsolete adjective meaning of or relating to a parabola, or expressed in a parable; now replaced by 'parabolic'.

1. Resembling a parableC2formal

   Of or relating to a parable; expressed in the form of a story that illustrates a moral or spiritual lesson.

   gleichnishaft

   • The teacher's parabolical explanation made the complex idea easier to grasp.
   • His speech was filled with parabolical references to ancient tales.
   • The novel's parabolical structure invites multiple interpretations.

   Synonymeallegoricalemblematicfigurativesymbolic

2. Having the shape of a parabolaC2formalscientific

   Having a curved, U-shaped form, like that of a parabola.

   parabolisch

   • The architect designed a parabolical roof for the new stadium.
   • The satellite dish has a parabolical shape to focus signals.
   • The trajectory of the ball was perfectly parabolical.

   Synonymearchedarciformcurvedparabolicu-shaped