Definitions for "Parabolic"
This is a trend following mechanical trading system developed by J.W Wilder. The name was derived from the pattern formed by the stops. The system is a true reversal system, every STOP being a REVERSAL POINT (SAR), when the SAR is penetrated the position is reversed.
A directional antenna with a feedhorn or low noise block amplifier pointed at a reflecting dish.
A special type of mic that can be used to record sounds from great distances.
Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.
resembling or expressed by parables
Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.
Having a form like that generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid; a parabolic reflector; a parabolic antenna.
A mirror whose surface is figured to the shape of a paraboloid, a particular form of open curve.
This is a technical analysis term that describes a stock that is going up so fast, that it is basically going straight up. Stocks that are going parabolic cannot sustain this rate and they almost always pull back.