{"id":22173,"date":"2020-08-09T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T03:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imajnearth.com\/?post_type=glossary&amp;p=22173"},"modified":"2020-08-09T13:44:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T03:44:11","slug":"parabolic","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/parabolic\/","title":{"rendered":"parabolic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;parabolic&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Parabolic (def.): meaning like a parabola, which is a mathematical term for a plane curve. It(...)&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/parabolic\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Parabolic<\/a> (def.): meaning like a parabola, which is a mathematical term for a plane curve. It can describe a type of mirror and in astronomy, it describes a type of concave mirror used in a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Cassegrain&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;classic Cassegrain&amp;lt;\/strong&amp;gt; telescope is a reflector type that has a concave (or parabolic) primary(...)&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/cassegrain-telescope\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Cassegrain<\/a> telescope. A parabolic mirror brings the rays of light to perfect focus and as such performs better than a <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;spherical&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Spherical (def): Round, shaped like a sphere, ball-shaped. It describes the shape of the(...)&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/spherical\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">spherical<\/a> concave mirror. The concept is better described visually. This video provides a good explanation&#x2026;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Physics 11.1.3a - Spherical and Parabolic Mirrors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQrKtiKfmMU?start=49&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parabolic (def.): meaning like a parabola, which is a mathematical term for a plane curve. It can describe a type of mirror and in astronomy, it describes a type of concave mirror used in a Cassegrain telescope. A &#x2026; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"parabolic\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/glossary\/parabolic\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about parabolic\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/22173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/22173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telescopenights.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}