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Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.

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  1. a. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.
  2. a. Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.
  3. a. Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid.
  4. adj. resembling or expressed by parables
  5. adj. having the form of a parabola
  6. a resembling or expressed by parables s having the form of a parabola