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