Parable

par'a-bl, n. A fable or allegorical relation of something real in life or nature, from which a moral; is drawn tor instruction. — Parab'ola, -o-la, n.; pi. by -las, -laz. (Geom.) A curve, one of the conic sections, formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides: any oil; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. point in the curve is equally distant from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed straight line, called the directrix; any curve having an infinite branch, without having a rectilineal asymptote. — Parabolic, -ical, a. Expre ed by parable or allegorical representation. (Geom.) Having the form or nature of a parabola; generated by the Parabola, revolution of a parabola. — Parabollcally, adv. way of parable; in the form of a parabola. 296