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parabolic

pe ruh bo lik

  • a  resembling or expressed by parables
  • s  having the form of a parabola

  • And I have an answer that seems as hyperbolic as the stocks have been parabolic: you bet it can.
  • Its most lethal element is its topspin, which can dip the ball crosscourt in short angles so extreme that "the game has gone from linear to parabolic," as ex-pro turned coach Scott .
  • Instead of directly converting sunlight into electricity with photovoltaic panels the kind you might see on rooftops solar thermal uses rows of specially curved parabolic .
News & Articles

  • NASA Selects 21 New Suborbital Payloads, Surpassing 100 Total Experiment Milestone
    redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate's Flight Opportunities Program has selected 21 new space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons, and a commercial parabolic aircraft. The newest batch of projects, which were announced by the American space agency on Friday, represents the sixth cycle of ...
    June 10, 2013 - redOrbit
  • NASA Selects New Suborbital Payloads, Total Tops 100 Experiments
    NASA has selected 21 space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons, and a commercial parabolic aircraft.
    June 7, 2013 - SpaceRef
  • Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors decrease scatter in visible spectrum.
    Visually inspected with HeNe laser to ensure low scatter, TECHSPEC® Low Scatter Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors come in 5 models with diameters of 25.4 or 50.8 mm and effective focal length of 25.4, 50.8, or 101.6 mm. Aluminum substrate mirrors, offering optimized surface roughness and surface figure, direct and focus incident collimated light at 90°, simplifying system integration. Uses include ...
    June 6, 2013 - ThomasNet
Quotes

  • Peter Diamandis in Space.com
    Bringing the companies together allows us to provide a range of exclusive commercial spaceflight services from parabolic flights to orbital missions,said Peter Diamandis, Zero-G's chief executive officer.
  • Jackie Cooper in BayJournal (press release)
    It has, for example, created a dune in a valley after mining, which is at 90 degrees to the orientation of all the east coast ancient parabolic dune systems they are mining through,Ms. Cooper said.
  • David Hill in Hollywood Reporter
    It's wonderful when the parabolic lines of fate intersect at the altar of Fortuna,Hill says.

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