parabola — meaning in English

English meaning

• dish noun A shallow container used for serving or holding food.
• 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

parabola is used for these senses in English:

• dish (telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.
• 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).
• satellite dish A parabolic antenna designed to receive microwaves from communications satellites, which transmit data transmissions or broadcasts, such as satellite television.

dish — full definition

1. noun A shallow container used for serving or holding food.
2. noun A particular type of prepared food.
3. noun A curved, bowl-shaped antenna used to receive signals.
4. verb To serve food, especially onto plates.
5. verb Informal: to share gossip or personal details.

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