拋物線

See also: 抛物線 and 放物線

Chinese

to throw objects line
trad. (拋物線/拋物綫) 拋物 線/綫
simp. (抛物线) 抛物 线

Etymology

Coined by Chinese mathematician Li Shanlan (李善蘭) and British Protestant Christian missionary Alexander Wylie in 《代微積拾級》 (1859) based on a translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus (1851). Compound of 拋物/抛物 (pāowù, “to throw objects”, perhaps in reference to the etymology of English parabola) +‎ 線/线 (xiàn, “line”).

Pronunciation


Noun

拋物線

  1. (mathematics) parabola (Classifier: 條/条 m c)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拋物線):
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