parabel — meaning in English

English meaning

• parable noun A short story used to teach a moral or spiritual lesson through comparison.
• parabola noun A curve in which every point is the same distance from a fixed point, the focus, as from a fixed line, the directrix.

Senses

parabel is used for these senses in English:

• parable A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
• parabola (geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).

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