parabolic

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But to really put it through its paces, it requires testing in space-like conditions on parabolic flights.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"Nvidia represents 8% of the S&P 500. Unless there's a belief in this continued parabolic growth it's difficult for investors to get super excited, although Nvidia posted outstanding numbers," she told the BBC.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“Our view remains that we will see an equal and opposite reaction to the parabolic advance we have seen” over the last few weeks in tech, semiconductors and AI.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The riveting gains for microchip stocks have many analysts drawing parallels to 1999, just ahead of the dot-com crash, when the build-out of a key technology led to parabolic moves and frenzied speculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Nevertheless, his idealized parabolic trajectory in a vacuum was an essential precondition for the much more sophisticated analysis by Robins and Euler of actual trajectories.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton