Editing Parabola (section)

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File:Bouncing ball strobe edit.jpg|A [[bouncing ball]] captured with a stroboscopic flash at 25 images per second. The ball becomes significantly non-spherical after each bounce, especially after the first. That, along with spin and [[air resistance]], causes the curve swept out to deviate slightly from the expected perfect parabola.
File:ParabolicWaterTrajectory.jpg|Parabolic trajectories of water in a fountain.
File:Comet Kohoutek orbit p391.svg|The path (in red) of [[Comet Kohoutek]] as it passed through the inner Solar system, showing its nearly parabolic shape. The blue orbit is the Earth's.
File:Laxmanjhula.jpg|The supporting cables of [[suspension bridge]]s follow a curve that is intermediate between a parabola and a [[catenary]].
File:Rainbow Bridge(2).jpg|The [[Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls)|Rainbow Bridge]] across the [[Niagara River]], connecting [[Canada]] (left) to the [[United States]] (right). The parabolic arch is in compression and carries the weight of the road.
File:Celler de Sant Cugat lateral.JPG|Parabolic arches used in architecture
File:Parabola shape in rotating layers of fluid.jpg|Parabolic shape formed by a liquid surface under rotation. Two liquids of different densities completely fill a narrow space between two sheets of transparent plastic. The gap between the sheets is closed at the bottom, sides and top. The whole assembly is rotating around a vertical axis passing through the centre. (See [[Rotating furnace]])
File:ALSOL.jpg|[[Solar cooker]] with [[parabolic reflector]]
File:Antenna 03.JPG|[[Parabolic antenna]]
File:ParabolicMicrophone.jpg|[[Parabolic microphone]] with optically transparent plastic reflector used at an American college football game.
File:Solar Array.jpg|Array of [[parabolic trough]]s to collect [[solar energy]]
File:Ed d21m.jpg|[[Thomas Edison|Edison]]'s searchlight, mounted on a cart. The light had a parabolic reflector.
File:Physicist Stephen Hawking in Zero Gravity NASA.jpg|Physicist [[Stephen Hawking]] in an aircraft flying a parabolic trajectory to simulate zero gravity
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