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[[Image:Parabola.png|right|thumb|pxl=200|various parabolas]]
 
[[Image:Parabola.png|right|thumb|pxl=200|various parabolas]]
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A '''parabola''' is a [[curve]] on a [[plane]], consisting of all the points that are equidistant from a point called the ''[[focus]]'' and a line, called the ''[[directrix]]''.
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A '''parabola''' is a [[curve]] on a [[plane]], consisting of all the points that are equidistant from a point called the ''[[focus]]'' and a line, called the ''directrix''.
    
It is a [[conic section]], the intersection of a [[plane]] and a [[cone]] where the plane is parallel one side of the cone.
 
It is a [[conic section]], the intersection of a [[plane]] and a [[cone]] where the plane is parallel one side of the cone.
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