parabola的词源

英文词源

parabola (n.)

1570s, from Modern Latin parabola, from Greek parabole "parabola, comparison, analogy; application" (see parable), so called by Apollonius of Perga c. 210 B.C.E. because it is produced by "application" of a given area to a given straight line. It had a different sense in Pythagorean geometry. Related: Parabolic.

中文词源

parabola：抛物线

来自希腊语parabole,比较，对话，类比，来自para-,在旁，在周围，-bole,扔，投掷，词源同ballet,ballistic.即扔在旁边的，用于几何术语指抛物线。

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